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CVE-2014-2583 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/57317	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/57317	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux-pam linux-pam	1.1.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 14, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Jun 14, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 11, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 11, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]