CVE-2023-4641: Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm
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.
CVE-2023-4641: Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2023-08-30T17:16:27.137Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 690904ae00ff46172d4a0dd3
Added to database: 11/3/2025, 7:38:22 PM
Last updated: 11/3/2025, 7:40:06 PM
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