6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.9%
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.
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.php
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415