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GLSA-200510-22 : SELinux PAM: Local password guessing attack

low Nessus Plugin ID 20115

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-22 (SELinux PAM: Local password guessing attack)

 The SELinux patches for PAM introduce a vulnerability allowing a password to be checked with the unix_chkpwd utility without delay or logging. This vulnerability doesn't affect users who do not run SELinux.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to brute-force passwords and escalate privileges on an SELinux system.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SELinux PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/pam-0.78-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 20115

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-22.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pam, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2977

GLSA: 200510-22