DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232

    Published: 17 Sept 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-3232

    Summary:

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3232

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pam

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.1-10

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High