CVE-2020-36394

NameCVE-2020-36394
Descriptionpam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pam (PTS)jessie1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2fixed
stretch1.1.8-3.6fixed
buster1.3.1-5fixed
bullseye1.4.0-9+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.5.2-6+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1.5.3-7fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pamsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- pam <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced and fixed in v1.4.0)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171721
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/5
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/27ded8954a1235bb65ffc9c730ae5a50b1dfed61

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