CVE-2005-2977

Description

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.

2.1

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.08%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17346	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17352	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193	vdb entry signature
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
http://secunia.com/advisories/17350	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17365	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217	vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2977?: CVE-2005-2977 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2977?: To fix CVE-2005-2977, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2977 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-2977 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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