VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-10963
This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname, gaining unauthorized access.
HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.78%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname, gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who can access certain services or terminals.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10232
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10244
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10379
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10518
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10528
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10852
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10963
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324291
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/834
- https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/pull/835
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.