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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55818
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-22 (PAM)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200510-22.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200510-22.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability in the SELinux version of PAM allows a local attacker to
brute-force system passwords.

Solution:
All SELinux PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/pam-0.78-r3'

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2977
1015111
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111
15217
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217
17346
http://secunia.com/advisories/17346
17350
http://secunia.com/advisories/17350
17352
http://secunia.com/advisories/17352
17365
http://secunia.com/advisories/17365
ADV-2005-2227
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227
GLSA-200510-22
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml
RHSA-2005:805
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10193
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
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