CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4422
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The pam_sm_authenticate function in pam_sshauth.c in libpam-sshauth might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication or gain privileges via a system user account.
Affected configurations
• libpam-sshauth project libpam-sshauth
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3567 Third Party Advisory
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/libpam-sshauth/revision/114#src/pam_sshauth.c Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3567 Third Party Advisory
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/libpam-sshauth/revision/114#src/pam_sshauth.c Broken Link