pam_usb: deny_remote bypassed by zone-indexed IPv6 addresses (fe80::1%eth0) in pusb_tmux_has_remote_clients
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| mcdope | pam_usb | affected |
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| Mcdope | Pam Usb |
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No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.384% probability within 30 days)
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Mcdope
Mcdope pam Usb |
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Mcdope
Mcdope pam Usb |
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| Description | pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using removable media. From version 0.8.0 to before version 0.9.3, the deny_remote feature in pam_usb uses /usr/bin/w -i to detect whether the authenticating user has an active remote tmux session. In pusb_tmux_has_remote_clients() (src/tmux.c), the IPv6 detection pattern matched the address group and then immediately expected whitespace. On Linux systems with multi-homed network interfaces, w -i appends a zone index (scope identifier) to link-local IPv6 addresses — e.g. fe80::1%eth0. The %eth0 suffix appeared between the address and the next whitespace field, causing the regex match to fail even for an otherwise-matching remote session. The function returned "no remote clients" and granted access. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.3. | |
| Title | pam_usb: deny_remote bypassed by zone-indexed IPv6 addresses (fe80::1%eth0) in pusb_tmux_has_remote_clients | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-285 CWE-693 |
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cvssV3_1
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