Vulnerability CVE-2005-2949


Published: 2005-09-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Security Flaw in pam_per_user Module
Mark D. Roth
13.09.2005

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mark d. roth -> Pam per user 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14813
http://secunia.com/advisories/16781/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112654636915661&w=2

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