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CVE-2011-3149

CVE-2011-3149

EPSS 0.5%
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).
Affected products
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References
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=linux-pam.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=109823cb621c900c07c4b6cdc99070d354d19444https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/874565http://secunia.com/advisories/46583http://secunia.com/advisories/49711http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xmlhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1