CVE-2011-3149
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3149
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-3149.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-3149
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:11:54.904173Z
- Published
- 2012-07-22T17:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:11:54.904173Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The expandarg function in the pamenv module (modules/pamenv/pam_env.c) in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 does not properly handle when environment variable expansion can overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/46583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=linux-pam.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=109823cb621c900c07c4b6cdc99070d354d19444
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/874565