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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2577-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2577-03 - An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_2577.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Low: shadow-utils security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:2577-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2577Issue date: 2024-04-30Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2023-4641====================================================================Summary: An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact ofLow. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives adetailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVElink(s) in the References section.Description:The shadow-utils packages include programs for converting UNIX password files tothe shadow password format, as well as utilities for managing user and groupaccounts.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 CVSSscore, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-4641References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#lowhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215945
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