Description
The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LINUX-PAM
- Published
- 1/24/2011
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
linux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pamlinux-pam : linux-pam
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