CVE-2009-0887

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.93% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 6.6 · medium

Is it mine?

21 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's non-ASCII username, via a login attempt.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.7 · impact 10

v2.05.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-189USprimary

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
linux-pam linux-pam≤ 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 0.99.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux-pam linux-pam= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-03-12modified 2026-06-16

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