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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2015-3245

CVE-2015-3245

Published:August 11, 2015

Updated:May 07, 2026

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the chfn function in libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, allows local users to cause a denial of service (/etc/passwd corruption) via a newline character in the GECOS field.

Related Resources (12)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html

https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3245

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3245

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76021