CVE-2005-2977 Affecting pam package, versions <0.99.7.1-2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PAM-322920
- published 1 Nov 2005
- disclosed 1 Nov 2005
Introduced: 1 Nov 2005
CVE-2005-2977 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable pam to version 0.99.7.1-2 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 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2977
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
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