DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2583
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583
Upstream
Published
2014-04-10T20:29:20.707Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:05:41.601704Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pamtimestamp.c in the pamtimestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAMRUSER value to the getruser function or (2) PAMTTY value to the checktty function, which is used by the formattimestampname function.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}