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GLSA-200606-18 : PAM-MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 21711

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-18 (PAM-MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 A flaw in handling the result of pam_get_item() as well as further unspecified flaws were discovered in PAM-MySQL.
 Impact :

 By exploiting the mentioned flaws an attacker can cause a Denial of Service and thus prevent users that authenticate against PAM-MySQL from logging into a machine. There is also a possible additional attack vector with more malicious impact that has not been confirmed yet.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PAM-MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-auth/pam_mysql-0.7_rc1'

See Also

http://pam-mysql.sourceforge.net/News/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21711

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-18.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pam_mysql, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4713, CVE-2006-0056

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200606-18