| Name | CVE-2011-3628 |
| Description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 670076 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pam (PTS) | jessie | 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.1.8-3.6 | fixed | |
| buster | 1.3.1-5 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.5.3-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pam | source | (unstable) | 1.1.3-7 | low | 670076 |
[squeeze] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/pam/%2Bbug/610125
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/82729670/610125.patch
its not clear which version fixed this, but its present in the checked version 1.1.3-7