Security Advisory

CVE-2005-3503

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2005-11-05 11:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 23:17:22
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.