CVE - CVE-2001-1147

CVE-ID
CVE-2001-1147	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:3415 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415 BUGTRAQ:20011008 pam_limits.so Bug!! URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175 CIAC:M-009 URL:http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2001:084 URL:~~http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3~~ (Obsolete source) REDHAT:RHSA-2001:132 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html SUSE:SuSE-SA:2001:034 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html XF:utillinux-pamlimits-gain-privileges(7266) URL:~~http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.php~~ (Obsolete source - check if archived by the Wayback Machine)
Date Record Created
20020625	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.
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