{"id":"CVE-2011-3149","details":"The _expand_arg function in the pam_env module (modules/pam_env/pam_env.c) in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.5 does not properly handle when environment variable expansion can overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption).","modified":"2026-04-10T03:41:55.842426Z","published":"2012-07-22T17:55:01Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10405-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/46583"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49711"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=linux-pam.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=109823cb621c900c07c4b6cdc99070d354d19444"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/874565"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}