CVE-2006-5659 Information

Description

PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Reference

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4235 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29912