CVE-2024-10041 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-10041

Pam: libpam: libpam vulnerable to read hashed password

Vulnerability Description

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.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.0, 0:1.3.1-36.el8_10, 0:1.5.1-21.el9_5, 0:1.5.1-21.el9_4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 23rd, 2024
Last Modified: June 29th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-922

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.