suse · CVE-2011-3149

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Priority: low Published: 2021-05-30 12:59:25 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 19:58:09 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2011-3149 severity low: SUSE including 57 source package names (pam-1.0.4-0.7.1, pam-1.1.5-0.10.17, …), 88 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (34 product lines)): Fixed 88.

Description:

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).

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