CVE-2009-0887
Description
From CVE.org
Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's non-ASCII username, via a login attempt.
Statement
Red Hat does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability. Affected function is only used to parse PAM configuration files and this bug can only be triggered by specific configuration created by the system administrator.
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