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Permalink CVE-2025-14104
6.1 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
created 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Util-linux: util-linux: heap buffer overread in setpwnam() when processing 256-byte usernames

A flaw was found in util-linux. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overread when processing 256-byte usernames, specifically within the `setpwnam()` function, affecting SUID (Set User ID) login-utils utilities writing to the password database.

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Affected products

rhcos
util-linux
  • *
  • <2.41.3
util-linux-ng
rhceph/rhceph-7-rhel9
  • *
rhceph/rhceph-8-rhel9
  • *
rhui5/installer-rhel9
  • *
insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
  • *

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pkgs.util-linux

Set of system utilities for Linux

  • nixos-unstable 2.41

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