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).
History

No history.

cve-icon 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

JSON object: View

cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-22T17:55:01.103

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:08:25.853


Link: CVE-2011-3149

JSON object: View

cve-icon Redhat Information

No data.

CWE