Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-10041: A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | pam | 0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | pam-debuginfo | 0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | pam-debugsource | 0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | pam-devel | 0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | pam-docs | 0:1.5.1-8.amzn2023.0.5 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 4.7
Pam: libpam: libpam vulnerable to read hashed password
A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to exec…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-10041.html