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Alpine: multiple linux-pam packages: security update to 1.6.0-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424107

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login
 process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY. (CVE-2024-22365)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-22365

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424107

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-22365

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-22365