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CVE-2011-3148

Publication date 24 October 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _assemble_line function in modules/pam_env/pam_env.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string of white spaces at the beginning of the ~/.pam_environment file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pam 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4
10.10 maverick
Fixed 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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