Description
A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.
Published: 2020-12-17
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20284 A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.
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Linux-pam Linux-pam
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:42.438Z

Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27780

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-18T00:15:14.330

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:49.307

Link: CVE-2020-27780

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-27780 - Bugzilla

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