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SUSE-SU-2025:20104-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2025-02-03 09:17 - Updated: 2025-02-03 09:17
Summary
Security update for pam
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for pam
Description of the patch: This update for pam fixes the following issues: - CVE-2024-10963: Fixed improper hostname interpretation in pam_access that could lead to access control bypass (bsc#1233078).
Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-164
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2024-10963
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:pam-1.6.0-4.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:pam-1.6.0-4.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:pam-1.6.0-4.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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