Is CVE-2011-3628 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-3628 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-3628?

CVE-2011-3628 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-3628?

CVE-2011-3628 has an EPSS score of 0.38% (30th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3628?

Upgrade pam on debian 11 to 1.1.3-7 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-3628

MEDIUM

6.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.

How to fix

Remediation Available

pamDebian

Fixed in:1.1.3-7CVE-2011-3628

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

ubuntu.com

Other references1

bugs.launchpad.net

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