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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 17, 2021· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2017-20002

CVE-2017-20002

Description

The Debian shadow package before 1:4.5-1 for Shadow incorrectly lists pts/0 and pts/1 as physical terminals in /etc/securetty. This allows local users to login as password-less users even if they are connected by non-physical means such as SSH (hence bypassing PAM's nullok_secure configuration). This notably affects environments such as virtual machines automatically generated with a default blank root password, allowing all local users to escalate privileges.

Affected products

2
  • Debian/shadowdescription
  • Debian/Shadowllm-fuzzy
    Range: <= 1:4.5-1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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