Description
PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Published: 2006-11-03
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5644 PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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Pam Extern Pam Extern
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:55:54.087Z

Reserved: 2006-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5659

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-03T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5659

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