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CVE-2008-1946

Published: Jul 28, 2008 | Modified: Sep 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1946
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account name on the command line, related to improper use of the pam_succeed_if.so module.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Coreutils Gnu 5.2.1 (including) 5.2.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat coreutils-0:5.2.1-31.8.el4 *
Coreutils Ubuntu upstream *

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