github - ghsa-pcmw-6hxc-hqmx

ghsa-pcmw-6hxc-hqmx

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-02-06 09:31

Modified

2025-11-03 21:31

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-pcmw-6hxc-hqmx",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:31:00Z",
  "published": "2024-02-06T09:31:38Z",
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CVE-2024-22365 (GCVE-0-2024-22365)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-02-06 00:00

Modified

2025-11-03 18:08

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/3
	https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.6.0
	https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/031bb5a5d0d950253b68138b498dc93be69a64cb

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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