CVE-2001-1147
The PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as pam_limits.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- andries brouwer/util-linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.