Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-2583
CVE-2014-2583
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.
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References
10- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/nvdExploitPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/57317nvdVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05nvd
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