CVE-2019-16729

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/

https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/

https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-24

Updated: 2023-02-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H