Information Exposure Affecting pam package, versions <1.1.8-3.2
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.62% (79th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PAM-322852
- published 24 Aug 2015
- disclosed 24 Aug 2015
Introduced: 24 Aug 2015
CVE-2015-3238 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable pam to version 1.1.8-3.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam package and not the pam package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
The _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.2.1, when unable to directly access passwords, allows local users to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service (hang) via a large password.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3238
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3238
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1640
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3238
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