Insecure Inherited Permissions Affecting pam-docs package, versions <0:1.5.1-19.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-PAMDOCS-7879207
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024

Introduced: 18 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-22365  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-277  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 pam-docs to version 0:1.5.1-19.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2438.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam-docs package and not the pam-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.

CVSS Scores

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