CVE-2005-2949

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.

Affected products

Mark D. Roth Pam Per User: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112654636915661&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16781/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14813
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112654636915661&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16781/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14813

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