DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3232
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232
Upstream
Published
2009-09-17T10:30:01Z
Modified
2026-09-17T06:47:31Z
Summary
[none]
Details

pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / pam

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232.json"

Debian:13 / pam

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232.json"

Debian:14 / pam

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232.json"