CVE - CVE-2014-2583

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-2583	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:66493 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493 CONFIRM:https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8 GENTOO:GLSA-201605-05 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140324 pam_timestamp internals URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140326 Re: pam_timestamp internals URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140331 Re: pam_timestamp internals URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6 SECUNIA:57317 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57317 UBUNTU:USN-2935-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1 UBUNTU:USN-2935-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2 UBUNTU:USN-2935-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140321	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140321)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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