CVE-2014-2583

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
10/04/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*