CVE-2015-3238
See a problem?- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3238
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-3238.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-3238
- Related
- Published
- 2015-08-24T14:59:04Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:22Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The unixrunhelperbinary 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
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3238
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pam
Package
- Name
- pam
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source
Debian:12 / pam
Package
- Name
- pam
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source
Debian:13 / pam
Package
- Name
- pam
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source