kcheckpass passes a user-supplied argument to the pam_start function, often within a setuid environment, which allows local users to invoke any configured PAM stack, and possibly trigger unintended side effects, via an arbitrary valid PAM service name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4122. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the possibility of resultant privilege escalation may be "a bit far-fetched."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-01-06T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:23:39.906Z

Reserved: 2012-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-5054

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-01-06T21:55:01.217

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:30:40.037

Link: CVE-2011-5054

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