Vulnerability in Linux-Pam

CVE-2009-0887

Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's non-ASCII username, via a login attempt.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux-pam — versions 0.99.1.0, 0.99.2.0, 0.99.2.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References