UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22365

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22365

    Published: 17 Jan 2024Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-22365

    Summary:

    Details: linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-22365, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6588-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6588-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22365

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pam

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm4?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.8-1ubuntu2.2+esm4

    Affected versions

    1.1.3-8ubuntu3
    1.1.3-10ubuntu1
    1.1.3-11ubuntu1
    1.1.8-1ubuntu1
    1.1.8-1ubuntu2
    1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1
    1.1.8-1ubuntu2.2
    1.1.8-1ubuntu2.2+esm1
    1.1.8-1ubuntu2.2+esm3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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