CVE-2024-47191

Description

pam_oath.so in oath-toolkit 2.6.7 through 2.6.11 before 2.6.12 allows root privilege escalation because, in the context of PAM code running as root, it mishandles usersfile access, such as by calling fchown in the presence of a symlink.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/2

https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/security/CVE-2024-47191

https://security.opensuse.org/2024/10/04/oath-toolkit-vulnerability.html

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/issues/43

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/95ef255e6a401949ce3f67609bf8aac2029db418

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/60d9902b5c20f27e70f8e9c816bfdc0467567e1a

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3271139989fde35ab0163b558fc29e80c3a280e5

https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit/-/commit/3235a52f6b87cd1c5da6508f421ac261f5e33a70

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3