ALSA-2025:20181

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-20181.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:20181.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2025:20181
Related
Published
2025-11-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-11-28T23:27:54.166746Z
Summary
Important: pam security update
Details

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication.

Security Fix(es):

  • linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:10 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-8.el10

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:20181.json"

AlmaLinux:10 / pam-devel

Package

Name
pam-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-8.el10

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:20181.json"

AlmaLinux:10 / pam-libs

Package

Name
pam-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/pam-libs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-8.el10

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2025:20181.json"