The _expand_arg function in the pam_env module (modules/pam_env/pam_env.c) in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 does not properly handle when environment variable expansion can overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2012-07-22T17:00:00
Updated: 2014-02-26T14:57:02
Reserved: 2011-08-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2011-3149
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2012-07-22T17:55:01.103
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:08:25.853
Link: CVE-2011-3149
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