Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Shadow, the worst of which might allow privilege escalation.
| Package | sys-apps/shadow on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.4-r2 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.4-r2 |
Shadow is a set of tools to deal with user accounts.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Shadow. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition, gain privileges via crafted input, or SIGKILL arbitrary processes.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Shadow users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/shadow-4.4-r2"