- Issued:
- 2025-11-11
- Updated:
- 2025-11-11
RHSA-2025:20145 - Low: shadow-utils security update
Synopsis
Low: shadow-utils security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Low
Topic
An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
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: Default subordinate ID configuration in /etc/login.defs could lead to compromise (CVE-2024-56433)
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 10 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 | 10 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 10 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 10 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 10 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 | 10 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian | 10 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems | 10 | s390x |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 | 10 | aarch64 |
Updated Packages
- shadow-utils-4.15.0-8.el10.src.rpm
- shadow-utils-4.15.0-8.el10.x86_64.rpm
- shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.x86_64.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.ppc64le.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-4.15.0-8.el10.x86_64.rpm
- shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.aarch64.rpm
- shadow-utils-debugsource-4.15.0-8.el10.s390x.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.s390x.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.15.0-8.el10.aarch64.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.15.0-8.el10.ppc64le.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.15.0-8.el10.s390x.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.15.0-8.el10.x86_64.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.aarch64.rpm
- shadow-utils-debugsource-4.15.0-8.el10.x86_64.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-4.15.0-8.el10.s390x.rpm
- shadow-utils-4.15.0-8.el10.s390x.rpm
- shadow-utils-4.15.0-8.el10.ppc64le.rpm
- shadow-utils-debugsource-4.15.0-8.el10.ppc64le.rpm
- shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.ppc64le.rpm
- shadow-utils-4.15.0-8.el10.aarch64.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-4.15.0-8.el10.ppc64le.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.x86_64.rpm
- shadow-utils-debugsource-4.15.0-8.el10.aarch64.rpm
- shadow-utils-subid-4.15.0-8.el10.aarch64.rpm
- shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.15.0-8.el10.s390x.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
- https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/10.1_release_notes/index
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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