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CVE-2009-0887

CVE information

Published

14 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's non-ASCII username, via a login attempt..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.6/10
Exploit Score
2.7/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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