PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system of libraries that handle the authentication tasks of applications (services) on the system.
Security Fix(es):
A vulnerability was found in Linux-PAM up to 1.7.0 and classified as critical.Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Upgrading to version 1.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.(CVE-2025-6020)
{ "severity": "High" }
{ "src": [ "pam-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.src.rpm" ], "noarch": [ "pam-help-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.noarch.rpm" ], "aarch64": [ "pam-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.aarch64.rpm", "pam-debuginfo-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.aarch64.rpm", "pam-debugsource-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.aarch64.rpm", "pam-devel-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.aarch64.rpm" ], "x86_64": [ "pam-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.x86_64.rpm", "pam-debuginfo-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.x86_64.rpm", "pam-debugsource-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.x86_64.rpm", "pam-devel-1.5.3-9.oe2403sp2.x86_64.rpm" ] }