CVE-2011-3172

Summary

CVECVE-2011-3172
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-08 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:08:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in pam_modules of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers to log into accounts that should have been disabled. Affected releases are SUSE Linux Enterprise: versions prior to 12.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server All All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 707645 – VUL-1: CVE-2011-3172: pam: unix2_chkpwd do not check for a valid account bugzilla.suse.com
Request 80346 - openSUSE Build Service build.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Michael Calmer of SUSE

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