CVE-2016-6252

Upstream information

CVE-2016-6252 at MITRE

Description

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	4.6	4.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Medium
Authentication	None	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Partial	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.8	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Local	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Low
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	High	High
Availability Impact	High	High
CVSSv3 Version	3	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1099310 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 979282 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-CU-2019:695-1, published Tue Jan 14 00:06:30 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:706-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:56:32 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:708-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:56:51 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:710-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:10 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:712-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:31 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:714-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:50 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:716-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:06 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:719-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:33 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:721-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:53 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:723-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:12 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:725-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:40 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:727-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:57 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:729-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:00:23 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:731-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:00 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:733-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:25 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:738-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:02:14 MST 2020
• SUSE-SU-2018:1995-1, published Thu Jul 19 07:14:39 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:1997-1, published Thu Jul 19 07:16:01 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:1997-2, published Thu Oct 18 11:58:46 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:2448-1, published Mon Aug 20 07:08:38 MDT 2018
• openSUSE-SU-2018:2127-1, published Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:02:56 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend:beta1 Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny:2.78 Container caasp/v4/flannel:0.9.1 Container caasp/v4/haproxy:beta1 Container caasp/v4/kubedns:beta1 Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller:beta1 Container caasp/v4/openldap:beta1 Container caasp/v4/pause:1.0.0 Container caasp/v4/pv-recycler-node:8.25 Container caasp/v4/salt-api:beta1 Container caasp/v4/salt-master:beta1 Container caasp/v4/salt-minion:beta1 Container caasp/v4/sidecar:beta1 Container caasp/v4/velum:4.0.0 Container suse/sles12sp4:latest	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-1351
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.16.1	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-3.0-2018-1698
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-1351
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	shadow >= 4.2.1-34.20
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1-LTSS	shadow >= 4.1.5.1-19.8.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1354
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2-BCL	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2-ESPOS	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2-LTSS	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1351
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-LTSS	shadow >= 4.1.5.1-19.8.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-1354
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	shadow >= 4.1.5.1-19.8.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1354
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1351
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7	shadow >= 4.2.1-27.9.1	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1351
openSUSE Leap 42.3	shadow >= 4.2.1-16.1 shadow-debuginfo >= 4.2.1-16.1 shadow-debugsource >= 4.2.1-16.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2018-770

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Magnum Orchestration	shadow	Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	shadow	Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0	shadow	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Module for Basesystem	shadow	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	shadow	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	shadow	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	shadow	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	shadow	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS	shadow	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	shadow	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS	shadow	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS	shadow	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	shadow	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	shadow	Released