UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36394

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36394
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36394.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36394
Upstream
  • CVE-2020-36394
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:46:17Z
Published
2021-06-22T21:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:41:37Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam@1.4.0-11ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.0-11ubuntu2

Affected versions

1.*
1.3.1-5ubuntu11
1.4.0-10ubuntu1
1.4.0-10ubuntu2
1.4.0-11ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cracklib",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cracklib-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-runtime",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam0g",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam0g-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam0g-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36394.json"