CVE-2009-3232

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3232
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-17 10:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 22:01:00 UTC
Descriptionpam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for pam - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu PAM Authentication Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
oss-security - CVE request - Debian/Ubuntu PAM auth module selection MLIST www.openwall.com
#519927 - pam-auth-update does not prohibit selecting an empty set of modules - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
Bug #410171 “pam-auth-update does not prohibit selecting an empt...” : Bugs : pam package : Ubuntu CONFIRM launchpad.net
USN-828-1: PAM vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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