FKIE_CVE-2019-16729

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-09-24 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:22
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in certain PAM setups.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pam-python_project pam-python *
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
debian debian_linux 10.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
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