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CVE-2019-16729

Date: September 23, 2019

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16729

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16729

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-16729

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-16729

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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