MGASA-2015-0266

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    MGASA-2015-0266

    Published: 5 Jul 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3238

    Summary: Updated pam package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: If SELinux is enabled, the _unix_run_helper_binary function in Linux-PAM 1.1.8 and earlier hangs indefinitely when verifying a password of 65536 characters, which allows attackers to conduct username enumeration and denial of service attacks (CVE-2015-3238).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0266.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16212, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pam

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/pam?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.8-7.2.mga4

    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
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