Incomplete Blacklist Vulnerability in chfn Function Allows Denial of Service

CVE-2015-3245 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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