CVE-2011-0721

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0721
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-19 01:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in (1) chfn and (2) chsh in shadow 1:4.1.4 allow local users to add new users or groups to /etc/passwd via the GECOS field.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Shadow 1\ 4.1.4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian/Ubuntu Linux 'shadow' Package Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1065-1: shadow vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu update for shadow - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/70895 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian update for shadow - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2164-1 shadow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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