DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16729
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2019-09-24T05:15:11.283Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:43.571495Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pam-python

Package

Name
pam-python
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam-python?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729.json"

Debian:12 / pam-python

Package

Name
pam-python
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam-python?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729.json"

Debian:13 / pam-python

Package

Name
pam-python
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam-python?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729.json"

Debian:14 / pam-python

Package

Name
pam-python
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam-python?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729.json"