Vulnerability CVE-2001-1147
Published: 2001-10-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as pam_limits.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Andries brouwer -> Util-linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
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