CVE catalog

CVE-2002-1594

shadow: CVE-2002-1594

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.97% · Oct 25, 2026

Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianshadowsid1:4.20.3-1not affected
Debianshadowforky1:4.20.3-1not affected
Debianshadowtrixie1:4.17.4-2not affected
Debianshadowbookworm1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2not affected

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
DebianshadowsourcesidNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianshadowsourceforkyNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianshadowsourcetrixieNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianshadowsourcebookwormNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libsubid4]Not affected

    Source package: [shadow]

    Details (2)
    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

  • [libsubid-dev]Not affected

    Source package: [shadow]

    Details (2)
    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

  • [login]Not affected

    Source package: [shadow]

    Details (2)
    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

  • [passwd]Not affected

    Source package: [shadow]

    Details (2)
    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

  • [uidmap]Not affected

    Source package: [shadow]

    Details (2)
    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

    • 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · shadow · debian · bookworm

Observed:

References