Ubuntu Security Update USN-5254-1: shadow vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-12424) It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-7169)

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