CVE-2015-3245
EPSS 11.2%libuser - security update
Published: 8/11/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libuserfrom 0, < 1:0.62~dfsg-0.1
- Debian/libuserfrom 0, < 1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2+deb7u1