DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2583
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583
Upstream
Published
2014-04-10T20:29:20Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:20Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583.json"

Debian:13 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583.json"

Debian:14 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.8-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583.json"