CVE-2009-3232

Published: 17 September 2009

pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Status

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-828-1
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3232
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Bugs

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/410171
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519927