CVE-2009-0887

CVE-2009-0887 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's non-ASCII username, via a login attempt.

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