Description
The PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as pam_limits.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 8, 2001
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified