CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-22365
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-02-06
- Last modified
- 2026-10-15
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-664
Description
linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.
Affected configurations
• linux-pam linux-pam (< 1.6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-664 Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam Product
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/031bb5a5d0d950253b68138b498dc93be69a64cb Patch
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.6.0 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam Product
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/031bb5a5d0d950253b68138b498dc93be69a64cb Patch
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.6.0 Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00021.html lists.debian.org
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html cert-portal.siemens.com