Description
pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.
Published: 2005-09-16
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2949 pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.
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Mark D. Roth Pam Per User
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:30.215Z

Reserved: 2005-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2949

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-09-16T22:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2949

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