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CVE-2005-2977
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- 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&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
Affected Vendor
Affected Software
pam
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 1st, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.