{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29383 exists.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-29383 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29383 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-29383 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29383 exists.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29383/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29383/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-29383","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29383/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-29383","record":{"aliases":["AZL-26247","BELL-CVE-2023-29383","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29383","ECHO-9410-1b2d-191e","GHSA-p9w4-8hh8-crcx","OESA-2023-1258","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-29383","SUSE-SU-2023:2066-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2067-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2068-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2069-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2070-1","SUSE-SU-2024:0939-1","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29383","openSUSE-SU-2024:12881-1"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","other"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux shadow utilities","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can inject control characters to misrepresent /etc/passwd, potentially tricking admins into taking systems offline via social engineering.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"shadow","vendor":"shadow_project"}],"cvss":{"score":3.3,"severity":"low","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-74","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component"},{"id":"CWE-125","name":"Out-of-bounds Read"}],"description":"In Shadow 4.13, it is possible to inject control characters into fields provided to the SUID program chfn (change finger). Although it is not possible to exploit this directly (e.g., adding a new user fails because \\n is in the block list), it is possible to misrepresent the /etc/passwd file when viewed. Use of \\r manipulations and Unicode characters to work around blocking of the : character make it possible to give the impression that a new user has been added. 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