USN-4552-1

Malte Kraus discovered that Pam-python mishandled certain environment variables. A local attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to execute programs as root.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / pam-python

Package

Name: pam-python
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam-python@1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-python",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-16729",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4552-1.json"