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.
Published: 2014-04-10
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-2615 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2935-1 PAM vulnerabilities
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Linux-pam Linux-pam
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:21:35.162Z

Reserved: 2014-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2583

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-10T20:29:20.707

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-2583

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-03-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-2583 - Bugzilla

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