Cracklib Project Cracklib vulnerabilities

1 known vulnerability affecting cracklib_project/cracklib.

Total CVEs

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CVE-2016-6318HIGHCVSS 7.8≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.62016-09-07

CVE-2016-6318 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2016-6318: Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows loc Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or gain privileges via a long GECOS field, involving longbuffer.