A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new... · CVE-2023-4641 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 3, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Dec 27, 2023

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2023

Last updated May 3, 2024

Severity

Moderate

4.7

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N