Vulnerability in Andries Brouwer Util-Linux
CVE-2001-1147
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Andries Brouwer Util-Linux — versions 2.10s, 2.11f, 2.11h
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3 (vendor-advisory)