Bug 620510 (CVE-2016-6252)

Summary:	<sys-apps/shadow-4.4: Incorrect integer handling in newuidmap/newuidmap results in LPE (CVE-2016-6252)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	critical	CC:	base-system, pam-bugs+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	A1 [glsa cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-06-03 13:30:37 UTC

CVE-2016-6252 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6252):
  Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via
  crafted input to newuidmap.

Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-06-06 06:37:38 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201706-02 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
by GLSA coordinator Yury German (BlueKnight).