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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-22 (PAM)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

2.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200510-22.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability in the SELinux version of PAM allows a local attacker to brute-force system passwords.

Solution

Solution

All SELinux PAM users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/pam-0.78-r3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200510-22 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109485

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