Candidate: CVE-2015-3246
PublicDate: 2015-08-11 14:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3246
Description:
 libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper
 program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which
 allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state)
 by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be
 combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that libuser has incomplete blacklist vulnerability. A
 local user could use it to cause a denial of service.
Notes:
Bugs:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=793465
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS: 

Patches_libuser:
 upstream: https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/changeset/d73aa2a5a9ce5bdd349dff46e3e4885f2b194a95/
upstream_libuser: released (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
precise_libuser: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_libuser: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_libuser: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_libuser: DNE (trusty was needed)
vivid_libuser: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libuser: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_libuser: DNE
wily_libuser: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_libuser: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
yakkety_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
zesty_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
artful_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
bionic_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
cosmic_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
disco_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
eoan_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
focal_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
groovy_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
hirsute_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
impish_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
jammy_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)
devel_libuser: not-affected (1:0.62~dfsg-0.1)