VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-4641

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-12-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-303
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287

Primary references