CVE-2006-7108
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.1EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
login in util-linux-2.12a skips pam_acct_mgmt and chauth_tok when authentication is skipped, such as when a Kerberos krlogin session has been established, which might allow users to bypass intended access policies that would be enforced by pam_acct_mgmt and chauth_tok.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7090)
- Published
- March 4, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7090 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- andries brouwer / util-linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25530(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25692(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25935(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-252.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:111
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0235.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24321
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=177331
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1359
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9689
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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