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CVE-2006-5659

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2006-11-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected Platforms

Pam Extern Pam Extern

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References