CVE-2011-5054

Description

kcheckpass passes a user-supplied argument to the pam_start function, often within a setuid environment, which allows local users to invoke any configured PAM stack, and possibly trigger unintended side effects, via an arbitrary valid PAM service name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4122. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the possibility of resultant privilege escalation may be "a bit far-fetched."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72230

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/11

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/10

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/5

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/3

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/23/8

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3

http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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