cvelist/2017/12xxx/CVE-2017-12424.json

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                "value": "In shadow before 4.5, the newusers tool could be made to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors. This crosses a privilege boundary in, for example, certain web-hosting environments in which a Control Panel allows an unprivileged user account to create subaccounts."
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                "name": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630",
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                "name": "https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952",
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                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20210317 [SECURITY] [DLA 2596-1] shadow security update",
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