Access Restriction Bypass Affecting coreutils package, versions [,5.2.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-COREUTILS-2319189
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed28 Jul 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jul 2008

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for coreutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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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