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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LINUX-PAM
- Published
- 4/10/2014
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
linux-pam : linux-pam
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