CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0887
6.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
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.
Affected configurations
• linux-pam linux-pam (<= 1.0.3)
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.1.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.2.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.2.1
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.3.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.4.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.5.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.1
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.2
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.3
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.7.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.7.1
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.8.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.8.1
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.9.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.10.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.0
• linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.1
• linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/05/1 Exploit
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/libpam/pam_misc.c?r1=1.9&%3Br2=1.10&%3Bview=patch pam.cvs.sourceforge.net
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/libpam/pam_misc.c?view=log pam.cvs.sourceforge.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34733 secunia.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:077 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34010 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49110 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html www.redhat.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/05/1 Exploit
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/libpam/pam_misc.c?r1=1.9&%3Br2=1.10&%3Bview=patch pam.cvs.sourceforge.net
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/libpam/pam_misc.c?view=log pam.cvs.sourceforge.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34733 secunia.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:077 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34010 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49110 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html www.redhat.com