Access Restriction Bypass Affecting coreutils package, versions <5.93-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-COREUTILS-317509
  • published28 Jul 2008
  • disclosed28 Jul 2008

Introduced: 28 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-1946  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable coreutils to version 5.93-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream coreutils package and not the coreutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account name on the command line, related to improper use of the pam_succeed_if.so module.

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