CVE-2005-2977
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-11-01 02:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3b2e1a0b5747f63d70426eda1d0dd3776d14cac153a553acd8ccd783ffa295c8
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com17346http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:805http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
- secunia.com17352http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-2227http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
- securitytracker.com1015111http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10193https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
- cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
- secunia.com17350http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
- secunia.com17365http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
- www.securityfocus.com15217http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200510-22http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pam Fixed in 0.99.7.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pam Fixed in 0.99.7.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pam Fixed in 0.99.7.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.