UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3238

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3238

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3238.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3238

Related

Published

2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

Modified

2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The unixrunhelperbinary function in the pam_unix module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.2.1, when unable to directly access passwords, allows local users to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service (hang) via a large password.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pam

Package

Name: pam
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam@1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.3-8ubuntu3

1.1.3-10ubuntu1

1.1.3-11ubuntu1

1.1.8-1ubuntu1

1.1.8-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libpam-doc": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-modules-bin": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-runtime": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-cracklib": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam0g-dbgsym": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-modules-dbgsym": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam0g-dev": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-modules-bin-dbgsym": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam0g": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-modules": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libpam-cracklib-dbgsym": "1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pam

Package

Name: pam
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam@1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.8-3.1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libpam-doc": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-modules-bin": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-runtime": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-cracklib": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam0g-dbgsym": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-modules-dbgsym": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam0g-dev": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-modules-bin-dbgsym": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam0g": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-modules": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2",
            "libpam-cracklib-dbgsym": "1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}