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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pam | Pam | * | 0.80 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | pam-0:0.77-66.13 | * |
References
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6\u0026view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6\u0026view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193