CVE-2024-47191

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

09/10/2024

Last modified:

15/04/2026

Description

pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3235a52f6b87cd1c5da6508f421ac261f5e33a70
https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3271139989fde35ab0163b558fc29e80c3a280e5
https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/60d9902b5c20f27e70f8e9c816bfdc0467567e1a
https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/95ef255e6a401949ce3f67609bf8aac2029db418
https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/issues/43
https://security.opensuse.org/2024/10/04/oath-toolkit-vulnerability.html
https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/security/CVE-2024-47191
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/15/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/18/2