CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-9275
8.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
In check_user_token in util.c in the Yubico PAM module (aka pam_yubico) 2.18 through 2.25, successful logins can leak file descriptors to the auth mapping file, which can lead to information disclosure (serial number of a device) and/or DoS (reaching the maximum number of file descriptors).
Affected configurations
• yubico yubico pam (>= 2.18 <= 2.25)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1088027 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Yubico/yubico-pam/commit/0f6ceabab0a8849b47f67d727aa526c2656089ba Patch
- https://github.com/Yubico/yubico-pam/issues/136 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1088027 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Yubico/yubico-pam/commit/0f6ceabab0a8849b47f67d727aa526c2656089ba Patch
- https://github.com/Yubico/yubico-pam/issues/136 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory