CVE-2014-2583

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.7

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.506

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Pluggable Authentication Modules (USN-2935-2) libpam-modules_1.1.8-3.1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb	Linux
Pluggable Authentication Modules (USN-2935-2) libpam-modules_1.1.8-3.1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234