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Bug 699034 (CVE-2019-16729)

Summary: dev-python/python-pam: local privilege escalation (CVE-2019-16729)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: trivial CC: prometheanfire
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: ~1 [noglsa]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2019-10-31 16:44:11 UTC
CVE-2019-16729 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16729):
  pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment
  variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in
  certain PAM setups.
Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2020-01-05 03:47:49 UTC
pkg removed from tree