CVE-2024-22365 Affecting pam package, versions <1.4.0-11ubuntu2.4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-PAM-6170208
- published 18 Jan 2024
- disclosed 6 Feb 2024
Introduced: 18 Jan 2024
CVE-2024-22365 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04
pam
to version 1.4.0-11ubuntu2.4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam
package and not the pam
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:22.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2024-22365
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/3
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/031bb5a5d0d950253b68138b498dc93be69a64cb
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.6.0