Description
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via unix_chkpwd, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 1, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified