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1 vulnerability found for by linux-pam
CVE-2024-22365 (GCVE-0-2024-22365)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-06 00:00
Modified
2025-11-03 18:08
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.
References
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