CVE-2006-5659

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/11/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:pam_extern:pam_extern:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.1 (including)