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GLSA-201805-09 : Shadow: security bypass

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109976

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201805-09 (Shadow: security bypass)

 A local attacker could possibly bypass security restrictions if an administrator used “group blacklisting” to restrict access to file system paths.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly bypass security restrictions.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All shadow users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/shadow-4.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109976

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201805-09.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 10/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:shadow

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7169

GLSA: 201805-09