{"id":"USN-4552-1","summary":"pam-python vulnerability","details":"Malte Kraus discovered that Pam-python mishandled certain environment variables.\nA local attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to execute programs\nas root.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:56Z","published":"2020-09-28T17:45:19Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16729"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-16729","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16729"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4552-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16729"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pam-python","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam-python@1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.6-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libpam-python","binary_version":"1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4552-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2019-16729"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}