Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-22365 - Unspecified vulnerability in Linux-Pam
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/3
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/031bb5a5d0d950253b68138b498dc93be69a64cb
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/031bb5a5d0d950253b68138b498dc93be69a64cb
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.6.0