PT-2007-1504 · Linux · Linux-Pam

Published 2007-01-23 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-0003

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux-PAM version 0.99.7.0

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to log into accounts with incomplete password hashes. This affects accounts whose password hash, as stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, has only two characters.

Recommendations For Linux-PAM version 0.99.7.0, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent unauthorized access to accounts with incomplete password hashes.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0003

Affected Products

Linux-Pam

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0003 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01277.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2007-January/msg00017.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01271.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0323 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/32017 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31739 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22204 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23858 · Note