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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Low: shadow-utils security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7112-01
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7112
Issue date:         2023-11-14
Revision:           01
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-4641
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Summary: 

An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

The shadow-utils packages include programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, as well as utilities for managing user and group accounts. 

Security Fix(es):

* shadow-utils: possible password leak during passwd(1) change (CVE-2023-4641)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2023-4641

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.9_release_notes/index
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984740
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1994269
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2012929
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215945