{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12424","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:39:33.153116Z","published":"2017-08-04T09:29:00Z","related":["USN-5254-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-12424"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12424"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5254-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12424"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"shadow","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu6","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu7","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu8","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.2","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4","1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1","binary_name":"login"},{"binary_version":"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1","binary_name":"passwd"},{"binary_version":"1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1","binary_name":"uidmap"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12424.json"}},{"package":{"name":"shadow","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu7","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu1","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu2","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu3","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu4","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.3","1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1","binary_name":"login"},{"binary_version":"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1","binary_name":"passwd"},{"binary_version":"1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm1","binary_name":"uidmap"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12424.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}