Summary
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication.
Security Fix(es):
* pam: allowing unprivileged user to block another user namespace (CVE-2024-22365)
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.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | pam | 1.5.1-19.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | pam-devel | 1.5.1-19.el9 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | pam-docs | 1.5.1-19.el9 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.5
linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo…