CVE catalog
CVE-2014-2583
pam: CVE-2014-2583
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.11% · Oct 27, 2026
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 .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pam | sid | 1.7.0-8 | fixed |
| Debian | pam | forky | 1.7.0-8 | fixed |
| Debian | pam | trixie | 1.7.0-5 | fixed |
| Debian | pam | bookworm | 1.5.2-6+deb12u2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pam | 14.04 | 1.1.3-8ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pam | 14.04 | 1.1.3-10ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pam | 14.04 | 1.1.3-11ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pam | 14.04 | 1.1.8-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pam | 14.04 | 1.1.8-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pam | 14.04 | 1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pam | source | sid | 1.1.8-3.1 | low | Not reported | [757555] |
| Debian | pam | source | forky | 1.1.8-3.1 | low | Not reported | [757555] |
| Debian | pam | source | trixie | 1.1.8-3.1 | low | Not reported | [757555] |
| Debian | pam | source | bookworm | 1.1.8-3.1 | low | Not reported | [757555] |
| Ubuntu | pam | deb | 14.04 | 1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2583 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpam0g]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
- [libpam0g-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
- [libpam-doc]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
- [libpam-modules]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
- [libpam-modules-bin]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
- [libpam-runtime]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
1.5.2-6+deb12u2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · bookworm; dsa · pam · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libpam0g]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.7.0-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
1.7.0-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
- [libpam0g-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.7.0-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
1.7.0-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
- [libpam-doc]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.7.0-5· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
1.7.0-5· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
- [libpam-modules]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.7.0-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
1.7.0-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
- [libpam-modules-bin]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.7.0-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
1.7.0-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
- [libpam-runtime]Fixed
Source package: [pam]
Details (2)
1.7.0-5· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
1.7.0-5· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-3.1dsa · pam · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10405-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2583]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2583]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2583]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-2583.json]
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