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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2011-3628

CVE-2011-3628

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.

Affected products

9
  • Canonical (company)/Libpam Modules4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Canonical (company)/Ubuntu Linux5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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