Description
A certain Red Hat patch for tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 does not properly configure the PAM tty name, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and send requests to OpenPegasus WBEM services.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | tog-pegasus +1 | 2:2.7.0-2.el5_2.1 | RHSA-2008:1001 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2008:1001 Red Hat Security Advisory: tog-pegasus security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- 1021283 vdb-entry
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.0-7.fc9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459217
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9556 vdb-entry signature
- 32460 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:1001 vendor-advisory
- togpegasus-wbem-security-bypass(46829) vdb-entry
- 50277 vdb-entry
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.1-3.fc10
- 32862 third-party-advisory