High severity7.1OSV Advisory· Published Oct 9, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2024-47191
CVE-2024-47191
Description
pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.
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Affected products
4hotp-toolkit-1-0-1, oath-toolkit-1-10-0, oath-toolkit-1-10-1, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: hotp-toolkit-1-0-1, oath-toolkit-1-10-0, oath-toolkit-1-10-1, …
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.11
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/oath-toolkit@2.6.11-3ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=oracularpkg:rpm/opensuse/oath-toolkit&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 2.6.11-3ubuntu1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.11-3ubuntu1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.11.12-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
17- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/05/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/08/4nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/15/7nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/17/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/18/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/18/2nvd
- gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3235a52f6b87cd1c5da6508f421ac261f5e33a70nvd
- gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3271139989fde35ab0163b558fc29e80c3a280e5nvd
- gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/60d9902b5c20f27e70f8e9c816bfdc0467567e1anvd
- gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/95ef255e6a401949ce3f67609bf8aac2029db418nvd
- gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/issues/43nvd
- security.opensuse.org/2024/10/04/oath-toolkit-vulnerability.htmlnvd
- www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/security/CVE-2024-47191nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2nvd
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