PT-2016-5951
CVE-2016-4422
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Published
2016-05-04
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Updated
2021-04-05
Description by
CVSS 3.1
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CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libpam-sshauth (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication or gain privileges via a system user account. This is due to a problem in the pam sm authenticate function in pam sshauth.c.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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