CVE-2014-2583
EPSS 1.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-2583
To remediate CVE-2014-2583, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pam—upgrade to 1.1.8-3.1 or later
Is CVE-2014-2583 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.1.8-3.1