opensysusers through 0.6 does not safely use eval on files in sysusers.d that may contain shell metacharacters. For example, it allows command execution via a crafted GECOS field whereas systemd-sysusers (a program with the same specification) does not do that.
References
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https://bugs.debian.org/992058 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/artix-linux/opensysusers/releases | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2021-08-25T00:21:25
Updated: 2021-08-25T00:21:25
Reserved: 2021-08-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-40084
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-08-25T01:15:12.957
Modified: 2022-07-12T17:42:04.277
Link: CVE-2021-40084
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Redhat Information
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CWE