PT-2016-5951 · Unknown · Libpam-Sshauth

Published 2016-05-04 · Updated 2021-04-05 · CVE-2016-4422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libpam-sshauth (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication or gain privileges via a system user account. This is due to a problem in the pam sm authenticate function in pam sshauth.c.

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

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4422

DSA-3567-1

Affected Products

Libpam-Sshauth

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3567-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4422 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4422 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4422 · Security Note
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/libpam-sshauth/revision/93/src/pam_sshauth.c · Note
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/libpam-sshauth/revision/114#src/pam_sshauth.c · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/2 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/12649 · Telegram Post