Issued:
2025-11-11
Updated:
2025-11-11

RHSA-2025:20559 - 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 9.

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 9 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_649x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian9ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems9s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 649aarch64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_649x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian9ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems9s390x
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 649aarch64

Updated Packages

  • shadow-utils-subid-4.9-15.el9.aarch64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.9-15.el9.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.9-15.el9.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.i686.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.9-15.el9.aarch64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.9-15.el9.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-4.9-15.el9.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.9-15.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-4.9-15.el9.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.aarch64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debugsource-4.9-15.el9.i686.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debugsource-4.9-15.el9.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debugsource-4.9-15.el9.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.9-15.el9.aarch64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-4.9-15.el9.i686.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-4.9-15.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.aarch64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.9-15.el9.i686.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.s390x.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.9-15.el9.ppc64le.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.9-15.el9.i686.rpm
  • shadow-utils-4.9-15.el9.src.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debugsource-4.9-15.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-subid-devel-4.9-15.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • shadow-utils-debugsource-4.9-15.el9.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information