CVE-2011-0721

NameCVE-2011-0721
DescriptionMultiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in (1) chfn and (2) chsh in shadow 1:4.1.4 allow local users to add new users or groups to /etc/passwd via the GECOS field.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2164-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
shadow (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:4.2-3+deb8u5fixed
stretch (security)1:4.4-4.1+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:4.4-4.1+deb9u2fixed
buster, buster (lts)1:4.5-1.1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:4.8.1-1fixed
bookworm1:4.13+dfsg1-1fixed
sid, trixie1:4.16.0-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
shadowsourcelenny(not affected)
shadowsourcesqueeze1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1DSA-2164-1
shadowsource(unstable)1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3

Notes

[lenny] - shadow <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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