CVE-2015-3238
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-24 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:39
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.54% (0.77623)
Summary
The _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.2.1, when unable to directly access passwords, allows local users to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service (hang) via a large password.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/Exploit
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