RHSA-2023:7112 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: shadow-utils security and bug fix update

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · November 15, 2023

Updated · June 25, 2026

Topic

An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2023:7112 — Red Hat Security Advisory: shadow-utils security and bug fix update | PulseLinux