CVE-2011-3148

Summary

CVECVE-2011-3148
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-22 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:08:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the _assemble_line function in modules/pam_env/pam_env.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of white spaces at the beginning of the ~/.pam_environment file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.1.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.10.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.2.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.2.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.3.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.4.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.5.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.2 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.3 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.7.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.7.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.8.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.8.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.9.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.2 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.3 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.4 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.2 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.3 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.1.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.10.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.2.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.2.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.3.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.4.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.5.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.2 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.3 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.7.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.7.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.8.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.8.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.9.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.2 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.3 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.4 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.0 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.1 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.2 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.3 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Linux-PAM: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki CONFIRM git.fedorahosted.org Exploit, Patch
Bug #874469 “stack buffer overflow in pam_env” : Bugs : “pam” package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki git.fedorahosted.org
USN-1237-1: PAM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA49711 - Gentoo update for pam - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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