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CVE-2011-0721

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Date: February 18, 2011

Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in (1) chfn and (2) chsh in shadow 1:4.1.4 allow local users to add new users or groups to /etc/passwd via the GECOS field.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (13)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1065-1

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46426

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42505

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65564

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0396

Url: http://osvdb.org/70895

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0721

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0773

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.380014

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0398

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43345

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2164

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-0721

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.1.5

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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