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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-2583 Detail

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/57317 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3 CVE, MITRE
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-2583
NVD Published Date:
04/10/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE