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CVE-2011-3148

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 denia…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Linux-PamLinux-Pam
through 1.1.4
Versions 0.99.1.0, 0.99.2.0, 0.99.2.1, 0.99.3.0, 0.99.4.0

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References