CVE-2016-6252
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:4.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:4.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:4.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:4.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| shadow_project | shadow | 4.2.1 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282
- https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6252.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6252
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.