openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for pam



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-22365
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

pam-help
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

pam-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

pam-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

pam-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

pam
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU85552

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22365

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in pam_namespace. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 22.03 LTS SP3

pam-help: before 1.5.2-7

pam-devel: before 1.5.2-7

pam-debugsource: before 1.5.2-7

pam-debuginfo: before 1.5.2-7

pam: before 1.5.2-7

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1130


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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