{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2017-12424", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630" }, { "name" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1266675", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1266675" }, { "name" : "https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952" }, { "name" : "GLSA-201710-16", "refsource" : "GENTOO", "url" : "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-16" } ] } }