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directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. 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(dot dot) in the\nPAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the\ncheck_tty funtion, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function\n(CVE-2014-2583).\n","status":"published","published":"2015-05-12T19:37:48Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:14.186146013Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.792687Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10405-1","title":"pam-1.3.0-3.4 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the pam-1.3.0-3.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-05-07T18:08:36.989963Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:34.487567Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2583","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. 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