CVE-2005-2949 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2005-2949

pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name...

Vulnerability Description

pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

mark d. roth

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Affected Software

pam per user
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1, 0.2, 0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 16th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.