CVE-2001-1147

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2001-10-08
Bugzilla:
1616647: CVE-2001-1147 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The PAM implementation in /bin/login of the util-linux package before 2.11 causes a password entry to be rewritten across multiple PAM calls, which could provide the credentials of one user to a different user, when used in certain PAM modules such as pam_limits.

Find out more about CVE-2001-1147 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2001:132 2001-10-16
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2001:132 2001-10-16

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