vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-22365: pam: allowing unprivileged user to block another user namespace (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 6, 2024 | May 1, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 6, 2024
Added
May 1, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-pamredhat-upgrade-pam-debuginforedhat-upgrade-pam-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-pam-develredhat-upgrade-pam-docs
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