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LIN7-6781 : Security Advisory - cracklib - CVE-2016-6318

Created: Sep 11, 2016    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Oct 17, 2016
Found In Version: 7.0.0.19
Fix Version: 7.0.0.21
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
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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