Bug 678897 – CVE-2011-0721: shadow: Multiple CRLF injections in chfn and chsh

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Bug 678897 - (CVE-2011-0721) CVE-2011-0721: shadow: Multiple CRLF injections in chfn and chsh

Summary:	CVE-2011-0721: shadow: Multiple CRLF injections in chfn and chsh

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2011-0721

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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URL:	http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename....
Whiteboard:	impact=moderate,public=20110215,repor...
Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2011-02-20 12:02 EST by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified:	2015-07-31 02:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-02-20 12:02:46 EST

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2011-0721 to
the following vulnerability:

Multiple 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.

References:
[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0721
[2] http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2164
[3] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1065-1
[4] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46426
[5] http://secunia.com/advisories/42505
[6] http://secunia.com/advisories/43345
[7] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0396
[8] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0398

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-02-20 12:06:21 EST

This issue did NOT affect the versions of util-linux package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

This issue did NOT affect the version of the util-linux-ng package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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This issue did not affect the versions of the util-linux-ng packages, as shipped
with Fedora release of 13 and 14.

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