PT-2000-1766 · Linux Pam · Pam

Published 2000-11-14 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-0843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PAM (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the pam smb and pam ntdom pluggable authentication modules, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by attempting a login with a long user name.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0843

Affected Products

Pam

References · 7

• http://debian.org/security/2000/20000911 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0843 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1666 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv8_draht_pam_smb_txt.html · Note
• http://linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-047.php3 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0114.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0073.html · Note