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5.2.1.1 Ensure latest version of pam is installed

Information

Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) is a suite of libraries that allow a Linux system administrator to configure methods to authenticate users. It provides a flexible and centralized way to switch authentication methods for secured applications by using configuration files instead of changing application code

The libpam-runtime provides the runtime support for the PAM library

Older versions of the libpam-runtime package may not include the latest security and feature patches and updates.

Note: This Benchmark includes Recommendations that depend on newer libpam-runtime features.

Solution

Run the following command to install the latest version of libpam-runtime :

# apt install libpam-runtime

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/20741

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b2e56970098c0c2a93bdddf160f9b3578eae04369145aa85f1f2d8f776b7e161