PT-2024-15991 · Pam+7 · Pam+7
Published
2024-10-18
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Updated
2026-05-10
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CVE-2024-10041
CVSS v3.1
4.7
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
PAM (affected versions not specified)
Description
A vulnerability was found in PAM, where secret information is stored in memory. An attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin), allowing them to train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Almalinux
Centos
Debian
Pam
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse