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5.3.1.1 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 was tested against libpam-runtime Version: 1.4.0-11ubuntu2.6

Solution

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

# apt install libpam-runtime

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24330

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

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

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 891c06d65cb04d4f402168703bb1e5e5a4823971b4032a1c992e40e76e242da8