CVE-2017-6967

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6967
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-17 09:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-08 16:41:00 UTC
Descriptionxrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Neutrinolabs Xrdp 0.9.1 All All All
Application Neutrinolabs Xrdp 0.9.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1672742 “pam session does not work in xrdp” : Bugs : xrdp package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
sesman: auth session before fork by jsorg71 · Pull Request #694 · neutrinolabs/xrdp · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Homedir gets not correctly created at first login · Issue #350 · neutrinolabs/xrdp · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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