Directory Traversal Affecting pam package, versions <1.1.8-3.1
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- published 10 Apr 2014
- disclosed 10 Apr 2014
Introduced: 10 Apr 2014
CVE-2014-2583 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable pam to version 1.1.8-3.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam package and not the pam package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2583
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57317
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-2583
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3