Security advisory

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  "id": "3bff224664f566a527a2e92dbc629446d66c946657cf0a4bfe42fe0064781998",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6967",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6967",
    "summary": "xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6967",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-6967",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-6967"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "93c55e58a884270850794c29bd0f4e2df22e22d6"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "93c55e58a884270850794c29bd0f4e2df22e22d6"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:neutrinolabs:xrdp:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.9.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.9.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.9.1",
            "v0.9.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6967.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:08.636018746Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742",
        "https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350",
        "https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-6967",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381341,
  "published_at": "2017-03-17T09:59:00.413+00:00"
}