Vulnerability in Andries Brouwer Util-Linux

CVE-2001-1175

vipw in the util-linux package before 2.10 causes /etc/shadow to be world-readable in some cases, which would make it easier for local users to perform brute force password guessing.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Andries_brouwer Util-linux — versions 2.10s, 2.11d
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)