CVE-2001-1147

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-1147
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-10-08 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as pam_limits.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.10s All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11f All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11h All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11i All All All
Application Andries Brouwer Util-linux 2.11k All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
Util-Linux Login Pam Privilege Elevation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:084 : util-linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Red Hat Linux PAM Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
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