Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-3149: Linux-PAM: Multiple vulnerabilities
2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
07/22/2012
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
The _expand_arg function in the pam_env module (modules/pam_env/pam_env.c) in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 does not properly handle when environment variable expansion can overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-pam
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