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    From glsamaker@gentoo.org@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 12 09:00:01 2025
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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202505-01
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    Severity: High
    Title: PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities
    Date: May 12, 2025
    Bugs: #922397, #942075
    ID: 202505-01

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    Synopsis
    ========

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM, the worst of which
    could lead to password leakage.

    Background
    ==========

    PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an architecture allowing the separation of the development of privilege granting software from the development of secure and appropriate authentication schemes.

    Affected packages
    =================

    Package Vulnerable Unaffected
    ------------ ----------------- ------------------
    sys-libs/pam < 1.7.0_p20241230 >= 1.7.0_p20241230

    Description
    ===========

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM. Please review the
    CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

    Impact
    ======

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There is no known workaround at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/pam-1.7.0_p20241230"

    References
    ==========

    [ 1 ] CVE-2024-10041
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10041

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202505-01

    Concerns?
    =========

    Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
    confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
    importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

    License
    =======

    Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
    belongs to its owner(s).

    The contents of this document are licensed under the
    Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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