CVE-2014-2583
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-04-10 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 10:21
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.34% (0.71755)
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/57317Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/57317Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
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