CVE-2011-3628

Name	CVE-2011-3628
Description	Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	670076

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pam (PTS)	stretch	1.1.8-3.6	fixed
	bullseye, sid, buster	1.3.1-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pam	source	(unstable)	1.1.3-7	low		670076

Notes

[squeeze] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/pam/%2Bbug/610125
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/82729670/610125.patch
its not clear which version fixed this, but its present in the checked version 1.1.3-7