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CVE-2015-3246

Published:August 11, 2015

Updated:May 07, 2026

libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.

Related Resources (13)

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3246

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

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3246

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3246