The _expand_arg function in the pam_env module (modules/pam_env/pam_env.c) in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 does not properly handle when environment variable expansion can overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | pam | 2013-03-02 16:48 | ALAS-2013-160 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |