Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20142583000
Revision Date:2014-04-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-2583 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-2583
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND The 'pam' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1').
  • BACK