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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4555-1 pam-python -- security update

Date Reported:

29 Oct 2019

Affected Packages:

pam-python

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-16729.

More information:

Malte Kraus discovered that libpam-python, a PAM module allowing PAM modules to be written in Python, didn't sanitise environment variables which could result in local privilege escalation if used with a setuid binary.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-1.1+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pam-python packages.

For the detailed security status of pam-python please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pam-python