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util-linux is a freely available, open source software package that provides some implementations of standard UNIX utilities, such as login. A problem in the package has been discovered that could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges. When the number of users that access the system using a program that relies on the login program are regulated via pam_limits, it could result in unpredictable behavior. Users logging in may gain the rights of console or pts/0.

util-linux is a freely available, open source software package that provides some implementations of standard UNIX utilities, such as login. A problem in the package has been discovered that could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges. When the number of users that access the system using a program that relies on the login program are regulated via pam_limits, it could result in unpredictable behavior. Users logging in may gain the rights of console or pts/0.