FKIE_CVE-2014-2583
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-04-10 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:06
Severity
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp 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) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.
References
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