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CVE-2000-0843: Dave Airlie Pam SMB: Command injection

CVE-2000-0843 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Dave Airlie Pam SMB. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Buffer overflow in pam_smb and pam_ntdom pluggable authentication modules (PAM) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a login with a long user name.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Dave Airlie Pam SMB: 1.1.5
  • Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Pam Ntdom: 0.23

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