CVE-2005-3503

CVE-2005-3503 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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