| Name | CVE-2016-6252 |
| Description | Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3793-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 832170 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| shadow (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:4.2-3+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:4.4-4.1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:4.4-4.1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1:4.5-1.1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:4.8.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:4.16.0-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - shadow <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27
Fixed by: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/1d5a926cc2d6078d23a96222b1ef3e558724dad1 (4.3.1)