CVE-2019-16729 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2019-16729?

CVE-2019-16729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in certain PAM setups.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16729?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Pam-Python Project Pam-Python.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16729?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-16729 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16729 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729, DLA-2000-1, DSA-4555-1, GHSA-fmm4-q9rf-m62f, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16729, USN-4552-1 and 2 more.