{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2583","details":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.","modified":"2026-01-30T00:50:41.023720Z","published":"2014-04-10T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2935-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-2583"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2583"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2935-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2583"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam@1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["1.1.3-8ubuntu3","1.1.3-10ubuntu1","1.1.3-11ubuntu1","1.1.8-1ubuntu1","1.1.8-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libpam-cracklib","binary_version":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpam-modules","binary_version":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpam-modules-bin","binary_version":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpam-runtime","binary_version":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpam0g","binary_version":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"libpam0g-dev","binary_version":"1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2583.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}