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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6252

CVE-2016-6252

Description

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

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Affected products

13

Shadow Project/Shadow
cpe:2.3:a:shadow_project:shadow:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
W Shadow/Shadowllm-fuzzy
Range: =4.2.1
osv-coords11 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204 pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 4.2.1-27.9.1+ 10 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.1.5.1-19.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.1.5.1-19.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.1.5.1-19.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.1-27.9.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

9

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02nvd

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