| Name | CVE-2020-36394 |
| Description | pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pam (PTS) | bullseye | 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.5.3-7 | 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) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- pam <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced and fixed in v1.4.0)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171721
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/5
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/27ded8954a1235bb65ffc9c730ae5a50b1dfed61