CVE-2024-22365

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

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Published Feb 6, 2024
Updated: Feb 14, 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-22365 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Linux PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) before version 1.6.0. This issue permits denial-of-service attacks, resulting in a blocked login process. The root cause lies in the openat call used by protect_dir, which fails to include O_DIRECTORY, allowing attackers to create a mkfifo (make a named pipe) file in a restrictive directory, thus causing a service disruption.

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