PT-2005-3814 · Linux Pam+1 · Pam+1

Published 2005-10-26 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-2977

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PAM versions prior to 0.78 r3

Description The issue allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via the unix chkpwd module, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.78 r3, update to version 0.78 r3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing additional logging and delay mechanisms for failed password guesses to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2977

RHSA-2005:805

RHSA-2005_805

Affected Products

Pam

Red Hat

References · 18

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17365 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2977 · Security Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17352 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15217 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17350 · Note
• http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17346 · Note