usn-5254-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-01-27 14:29
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
shadow vulnerabilities
Details
It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-12424)
It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-7169)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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{
"database_specific": {
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{
"id": "CVE-2017-12424",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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{
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}
]
},
{
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "login",
"binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "passwd",
"binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "uidmap",
"binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "shadow",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu6",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu7",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu8",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.2",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
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{
"id": "CVE-2017-12424",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-7169",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "login",
"binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "passwd",
"binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "uidmap",
"binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "shadow",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu7",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu1",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu2",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu3",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu4",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.3",
"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.4"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2018-7169",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "login",
"binary_version": "1:4.5-1ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "passwd",
"binary_version": "1:4.5-1ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "uidmap",
"binary_version": "1:4.5-1ubuntu2.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "shadow",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.5-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:4.5-1ubuntu2.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1:4.2-3.2ubuntu4",
"1:4.5-1ubuntu1",
"1:4.5-1ubuntu2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or\nexpose sensitive information. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-12424)\n\nIt was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.\n(CVE-2018-7169)\n",
"id": "USN-5254-1",
"modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:53Z",
"published": "2022-01-27T14:29:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5254-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12424"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7169"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "shadow vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12424",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7169"
]
}
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