CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-5054
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-01-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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."
Affected configurations
• kde kcheckpass
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html c-skills.blogspot.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/23/8 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/1 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/3 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/5 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/10 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/11 openwall.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72230 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html c-skills.blogspot.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/23/8 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/1 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/3 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/5 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/10 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/11 openwall.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72230 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com