Buffer overflow in Linux-Pam

CVE-2011-3148

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th 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