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openSUSE Security Update : shadow (openSUSE-2017-1265)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104523

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for shadow fixes several issues.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2017-12424: The newusers tool could have been forced to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may have lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors (bsc#1052261).

These non-security issues were fixed :

 - bsc#1023895: Fixed man page to not contain invalid options and also prevent warnings when using these options in certain settings

 - bsc#980486: Reset user in /var/log/tallylog because of the usage of pam_tally2

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected shadow packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023895

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1052261

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=980486

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104523

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1265.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/13/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadow, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadow-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadow-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12424