Description
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in (1) chfn and (2) chsh in shadow 1:4.1.4 allow local users to add new users or groups to /etc/passwd via the GECOS field.
Published: 2011-02-18
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2164-1 shadow security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0735 Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in (1) chfn and (2) chsh in shadow 1:4.1.4 allow local users to add new users or groups to /etc/passwd via the GECOS field.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1065-1 shadow vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:05:53.410Z

Reserved: 2011-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0721

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-19T01:00:03.353

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0721

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0721 - Bugzilla

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