CVE-2021-40084

Name	CVE-2021-40084
Description	opensysusers through 0.6 does not safely use eval on files in sysusers.d that may contain shell metacharacters. For example, it allows command execution via a crafted GECOS field whereas systemd-sysusers (a program with the same specification) does not do that.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	992058

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
opensysusers (PTS)	bullseye	0.6-2	vulnerable
	bookworm	0.7.3-2	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	0.7.3-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
opensysusers	source	(unstable)	0.6-3			992058

[bullseye] - opensysusers <no-dsa> (Minor issue; if fixed upstream address via point release)