4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-1 | pam_1.1.3-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-1 | pam_1.1.3-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-1 | pam_1.1.3-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-1 | pam_1.1.3-1_all.deb |