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.
Published: 2005-11-01
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2977 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.638Z

Reserved: 2005-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2977

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-01T12:47:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2977

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-10-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2977 - Bugzilla

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