| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 336344 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pam (PTS) | bullseye | 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.5.3-7 | fixed |
| sid | 1.7.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pam | source | woody | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | sarge | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | etch | 0.79-5 | | | |
| pam | source | (unstable) | 0.99.7.1-2 | low | | 336344 |
Notes
[sarge] - pam <not-affected> (Does not contain SELinux support)
[woody] - pam <not-affected> (Does not contain SELinux support)