CVE-2001-1147

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-10-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as pam_limits.

Affected products

Andries Brouwer Util-Linux: 2.10s, 2.11f, 2.11h, 2.11i, 2.11k

References

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219175
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3415
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7266.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html

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