Cryptographic Issues Affecting pam package, versions <1.1.8-3.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.34% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PAM-322864
- published 8 May 2014
- disclosed 8 May 2014
Introduced: 8 May 2014
CVE-2013-7041 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable pam to version 1.1.8-3.1 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 pam_userdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7041
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731368
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038555
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64180
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-7041
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
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