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Unscored USN-4552-1 1 CVE

pam-python vulnerability

Published Sep 28, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Malte Kraus discovered that Pam-python mishandled certain environment variables.
A local attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to execute programs
as root.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS pam-python 1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16729