| Name | CVE-2009-3232 |
| Description | 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. |
| 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 | 519927 |
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 | etch | (not affected) | |||
| pam | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| pam | source | (unstable) | 1.0.1-10 | 519927 |
[lenny] - pam <not-affected> (pam-auth-update not yet present)
[etch] - pam <not-affected> (pam-auth-update not yet present)