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title: "CVE-2014-2583\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2583

Publication date 10 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2583?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pam | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.1.3-7ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2583?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu does not use pam\_timestamp.so by default

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pam | * Upstream:   [?id=9dc](https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=9dcead87e6d7f66d34e7a56d11a30daca367dffb) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2583)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2583)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2583)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2583)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2935-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2935-1)
+ PAM vulnerabilities
+ 16 March 2016

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2583>