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CVE-2015-3245
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the chfn function in libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper…
Low2.1EPSS 5.4%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the chfn function in libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, allows local users to cause a denial of service (/etc/passwd corruption) via a newline character in the GECOS field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- FEDORA-2015-12301 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 44633 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1482 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-12064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1033040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 76021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1483 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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