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CVE-2014-2583
Published: Apr 10, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
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References
[oss-security] 20140324 pam_timestamp internals
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
66493
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
GLSA-201605-05
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
57317
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-2935-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20140331 Re: pam_timestamp internals
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-2935-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2935-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20140326 Re: pam_timestamp internals
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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