CVE-2019-16729
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16729
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16729.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-16729
- Downstream
- Published
- 2019-09-24T05:15:11.283Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T14:04:09.687546Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in certain PAM setups.
- References
-
- https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16729.json"
unresolved_ranges
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