CVE-2024-22365

Published Feb 6, 2024

Last updated 9 months ago

Overview

Description: linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "8B735A60-FB87-4597-BFF4-A6ED201E71A1",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.6.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References