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
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/992058 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/artix-linux/opensysusers/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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