CVE-2014-2583
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.041 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (27)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/57317cnnvd
- http://www.linux-pam.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493cnnvd
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57317enisa_euvd
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