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Debian/pam: medium 5.5

linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.

Action: Upgrade pam to 1.5.3-4 or later.

Affected

introducedfixedlast affected
01.5.3-4-

Fixed versions

1.5.3-4

Sources

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