CVE-2005-2977

published 2005-11-01

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…

Priority P4 6 low 2.1 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I N A N

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	pam	< pam 0.99.7.1-2 (bookworm)	pam 0.99.7.1-2 (bookworm)
pam	pam	<= 0.80	—
pam	pam	>= 0 < 0.99.7.1-2	0.99.7.1-2
pam	pam	>= 0 < 0.99.7.1-2	0.99.7.1-2
pam	pam	>= 0 < 0.99.7.1-2	0.99.7.1-2
pam	pam	>= 0 < 0.99.7.1-2	0.99.7.1-2

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 2.1 LOW

vendor_debian 2.1 LOW

vendor_redhat 2.1 LOW

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