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.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-fd57a07560 advisory.

    This is new version fixing possible local privilege escalation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-dad1d2b46a advisory.

    This is new version fixing possible local privilege escalation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-cb2e1f0168 advisory.

    This is new version fixing possible local privilege escalation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7059-2 advisory.

    USN-7059-1 fixed a vulnerability in OATH Toolkit library. This update provides the corresponding update     for Ubuntu 24.10.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-722 advisory.

    oath-toolkit: Local root exploit in a PAM module (CVE-2024-47191)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of oath-toolkit installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-47191 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2024-47191)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7059-1 advisory.

    Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file permissions. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.
    (CVE-2024-47191)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5784 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5784-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     October 04, 2024                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : oath-toolkit     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-47191

    Fabian Vogt reported that the PAM module in oath-toolkit, a collection     of components to build one-time password authentication systems, does     not safely perform file operations in users's home directories when     using the usersfile feature (allowing to place the OTP state in the home     directory of the to-be-authenticated user). A local user can take     advantage of this flaw for root privilege escalation.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 2.6.7-3.1+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your oath-toolkit packages.

    For the detailed security status of oath-toolkit please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/oath-toolkit

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
211120	Fedora 41 : oath-toolkit (2024-fd57a07560)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
209326	Fedora 39 : oath-toolkit (2024-dad1d2b46a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
209321	Fedora 40 : oath-toolkit (2024-cb2e1f0168)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
209263	Ubuntu 24.10 : OATH Toolkit vulnerability (USN-7059-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
208982	Amazon Linux 2023 : liboath, liboath-devel, libpskc (ALAS2023-2024-722)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
208660	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: oath-toolkit (CVE-2024-47191)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
208472	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : OATH Toolkit vulnerability (USN-7059-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
208203	Debian dsa-5784 : liboath-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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