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.
References
- utillinux-pamlimits-gain-privileges(7266) vdb-entry
- M-009 third-party-advisory government-resource
- RHSA-2001:132 vendor-advisory
- SuSE-SA:2001:034 vendor-advisory
- 3415 vdb-entry
- 20011008 pam_limits.so Bug!! mailing-list
- MDKSA-2001:084 vendor-advisory