VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-0579
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- linux-pam/linux-pam
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34728Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34733Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216Patch
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34728Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34733Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216Patch
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.