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LIN6-11749 : Security Advisory - cracklib - CVE-2016-6318

Created: Sep 11, 2016    Updated: Oct 13, 2020
Resolved Date: Oct 17, 2016
Found In Version: 6.0.0.30
Fix Version: 6.0.0.32
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or gain privileges via a long GECOS field, involving longbuffer.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-6318

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