CVE-2005-2977
N/A
Published: November 1, 2005 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPam
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markupThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17365Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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