SUSE-SU-2018:1997-2

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181997-2/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:1997-2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:1997-2
Related
Published
2018-10-18T12:48:13Z
Modified
2018-10-18T12:48:13Z
Summary
Security update for shadow
Details

This update for shadow fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-6252: Incorrect integer handling could results in local privilege escalation (bsc#1099310)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-27.9.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "shadow": "4.2.1-27.9.1"
        }
    ]
}