Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1395-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Markus Vervier discovered that PyPAM incorrectly handled passwords containing NULL bytes. An attacker could exploit this to cause applications using PyPAM to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected
python-pam on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-1502 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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