GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2015-266

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published July 5, 2015

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).

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	pam	0 (affected), 1.1.8-7.2.mga4 (unaffected)	—
Mageia	pam	0 (affected), 1.1.8-10.1.mga5 (unaffected)	—

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