CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-3503

Published: Nov 05, 2005 | Modified: Oct 19, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pwdutils Pwdutils * 3.0.4 (including)

References