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Echo: pam: security update to 1.5.2-6+deb12u1-e1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 460315

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can
 trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs,
 the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result
 in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications. (CVE-2024-10041)

Solution

Update the pam library and its related packages to version 1.5.2-6+deb12u1-e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-10041

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 460315

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10041