CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
USN-6588-1 fixed a vulnerability in PAM. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Matthias Gerstner discovered that the PAM pam_namespace module incorrectly
handled special files when performing directory checks. A local attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause PAM to stop responding, resulting in
a denial of service.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-modules | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6+esm1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-cracklib | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-cracklib-dbgsym | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-doc | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-modules | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-modules-bin | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-modules-bin-dbgsym | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-modules-dbgsym | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam-runtime | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libpam0g | < 1.1.8-3.6ubuntu2.18.04.6 | UNKNOWN |