Security Advisory

CVE-2016-6318

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-09-07 19:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 01:29:18
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.