Security advisory

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  "id": "8984daf8ae28c57d499e95d76aae9b94ed65c48eb96cf7a9f55036c3312a3793",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6318",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6318",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6318",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6318",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6318"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1bf7a03927dc6a179d5e6385a14b75fc4c888888"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1dd5ca2114c0dd478b17e68e38d2c9f7094552cc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cracklib_project:cracklib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.9.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.9.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.9.5",
            "v2.9.4",
            "v2.9.3",
            "v2.9.2",
            "v2.9.1",
            "v2.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6318.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.069357315Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00023.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-25"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6318",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435287,
  "published_at": "2016-09-07T19:28:12.457+00:00"
}