CVE-2009-0579

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437
http://secunia.com/advisories/34728Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34733Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437
http://secunia.com/advisories/34728Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34733Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 16, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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