CVE-2001-1147 in util-linux

Summary

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.

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• Disclosure: 10/08/2001
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-17473
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-200 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00075
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1147
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1147
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2001-1147/