VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2977
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via unix_chkpwd, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via unix_chkpwd, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- pam/pam
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17365Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.