CVE-2005-2977

N/A Unknown
Published: November 01, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

pam