RHSA-2024:2577 - Security Advisory

Topic

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 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.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2215945 - CVE-2023-4641 shadow-utils: possible password leak during passwd(1) change

CVEs

• CVE-2023-4641

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low