CVE-2016-6318 | CrackLib lib/fascist.c FascistGecosUser GECOS memory corruption (DLA 2220-1 / Nessus ID 93301)
A vulnerability was found in CrackLib. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function FascistGecosUser in the library lib/fascist.c. The manipulation of the argument GECOS leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6318. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.