DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2977
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977
Upstream
Published
2005-11-01T12:47:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:43.467931Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.7.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977.json"

Debian:12 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.7.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977.json"

Debian:13 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.7.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977.json"

Debian:14 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.7.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977.json"