CVE-2011-3628

Summary

CVECVE-2011-3628
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-15 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2014-04-16 15:04:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 0.9.7 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 1.1.1 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 1.1.2 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 1.1.3 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 0.9.7 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 1.1.1 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 1.1.2 All All All
Application Canonical Libpam-modules 1.1.3 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 - lts All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1237-1: PAM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #610125 “pam_motd runs commands as root with unsanitised env...” : Bugs : “pam” package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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