VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-3148
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _assemble_line function in modules/pam_env/pam_env.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of white spaces at…
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.70%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _assemble_line function in modules/pam_env/pam_env.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of white spaces at the beginning of the ~/.pam_environment file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux-pam/linux-pam
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=linux-pam.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=caf5e7f61c8d9288daa49b4f61962e6b1239121d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46583Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/874469
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=linux-pam.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=caf5e7f61c8d9288daa49b4f61962e6b1239121d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46583Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/874469
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.