ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2019-16729

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource

References

  1. https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1
  2. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.html
  3. https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/
  4. https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/
  5. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/
  6. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/
  7. https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555
  8. https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1
  9. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.html
  10. https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/
  11. https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/
  12. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/
  13. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/
  14. https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555