CVE-2024-56433 | shadow-maint shadow-utils up to 4.17.0 Home Directory /etc/subuid insecure default initialization of resource

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in shadow-maint shadow-utils up to 4.17.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /etc/subuid of the component Home Directory Handler. The manipulation leads to insecure default initialization of resource.

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-56433. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.