CVE-2011-3149

Public on 2012-07-22
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description
The _expand_arg function in the pam_env module (modules/pam_env/pam_env.c) in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 does not properly handle when environment variable expansion can overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 pam 2013-03-02 ALAS-2013-160 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2011-3149 Mitre: CVE-2011-3149