CVE-2007-0003 (GCVE-0-2007-0003)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:03
VLAI
Summary
pam_unix.so in Linux-PAM 0.99.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to log into accounts whose password hash, as stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, has only two characters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2007-Jan… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0323 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/23858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22204 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2007-01-23 00:00
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