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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2949

CVE-2005-2949

Description

pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.

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Affected products

4
  • Mark D. Roth/Pam Per User3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mark_d._roth:pam_per_user:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mark_d._roth:pam_per_user:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mark_d._roth:pam_per_user:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mark_d._roth:pam_per_user:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Pam Per User/pam_per_userllm-create
    Range: <0.4

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