Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting pam-docs package, versions <0:1.5.1-21.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-PAMDOCS-8302929
  • published24 Oct 2024
  • disclosed18 Oct 2024

Introduced: 18 Oct 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 pam-docs to version 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:11250.

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.

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.

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