Description

A flaw was found in util-linux. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overread when processing 256-byte usernames, specifically within the `setpwnam()` function, affecting SUID (Set User ID) login-utils utilities writing to the password database.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-12-05T16:22:09.283Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-19T19:37:37.557Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-14104 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Ceph Storage
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Hummingbird
  • Insights Proxy
  • Openshift
  • Rhui

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