CVE-2014-2583

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2583
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-10 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-01-03 15:01:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.8 All All All
Application Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: pam_timestamp internals MLIST www.openwall.com
Linux-PAM 'format_timestamp_name()' Function Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Linux-PAM: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: pam_timestamp internals MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-2935-3: PAM regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2935-1: PAM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2935-2: PAM regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - pam_timestamp internals MLIST www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA57317 - Linux-PAM "pam_timestamp" Module Two Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
linux-pam.git - A Security Framework that Provides Authentication for Applications CONFIRM git.fedorahosted.org Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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