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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2015-3246 (MEDIUM 5.1) — libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue

[NVD] CVE-2015-3246 (MEDIUM 5.1) — libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue

lownvdPublished 2015-08-11

CVE-2015-3246 CVSS: 5.1 MEDIUM Published: 2015-08-11T14:59:07.040

libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privilege

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3246