CVE-2024-22365 (GCVE-0-2024-22365)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-06 00:00 – Updated: 2026-05-12 11:49
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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