CVE-2023-4641 is a medium-severity flaw in shadow-utils, affecting Red Hat and shadow_maint products. It occurs when a new password is entered twice; if the second entry fails, the buffer storing the first password is not properly cleared, potentially allowing an attacker with local access to retrieve the password from memory. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadow-maint:shadow-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0_aarch64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64:8.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0_aarch64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64:9.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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