CVE-2009-0579

MEDIUM

Description

Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437

http://secunia.com/advisories/34728

http://secunia.com/advisories/34733

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2009-04-16

Updated: 2019-01-03

Type: CWE-264

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.6

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM