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CVE-2009-3232

Date: September 17, 2009

pam-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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3232
https://launchpad.net/bugs/410171
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36306
https://usn.ubuntu.com/828-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/7
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519927
http://secunia.com/advisories/36620
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-3232

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Authentication Issues

CWE-287

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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