PT-2009-3225 · Linux · Linux-Pam

Vincent Danen · Published 2009-04-16 · Updated 2019-01-03 · CVE-2009-0579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux-PAM versions prior to 1.0.4

Description The issue allows local users to bypass intended security policy by changing their passwords sooner than specified, due to the failure to enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.4 or later to enforce the minimum password age as specified in /etc/shadow.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0579

Affected Products

Linux-Pam

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0579 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34728 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437 · Note