CVE-2011-3148

Medium

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _assemble_line function in modules/pam_env/pam_env.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of white spaces at the beginning of the ~/.pam_environment file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux-pam
PublishedJul 22, 2012
First seenJul 22, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux-pam linux-pamv ≤ 1.1.4, 0.99.1.0, 0.99.2.0, 0.99.2.1, 0.99.3.0, 0.99.4.0, 0.99.5.0, 0.99.6.0, 0.99.6.1, 0.99.6.2, 0.99.6.3, 0.99.7.0, 0.99.7.1, 0.99.8.0, 0.99.8.1, 0.99.9.0, 0.99.10.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3—

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