Upstream information
CVE-2009-0887 at MITRE
Description
Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's non-ASCII username, via a login attempt.
Novell/SUSE information
Novell Bugzilla entry:
482713
No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.
