Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting pam-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PAMDEBUGINFO-11482690
  • published6 Aug 2025
  • disclosed23 Oct 2024

Introduced: 23 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-10041  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-922  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 pam-debuginfo to version 0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1132.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam-debuginfo package and not the pam-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1