Gentoo alert 202508-01 (PAM)
| From: | glsamaker@gentoo.org | |
| To: | gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org | |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202508-01 ] PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:10:10 -0000 | |
| Message-ID: | <175447141080.7.16385035963699051056@3f85d36892cf> |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202508-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: August 06, 2025 Bugs: #958320 ID: 202508-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation. 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 < 1.7.1 >= 1.7.1 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-1.7.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2024-10963 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10963 [ 2 ] CVE-2025-6020 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6020 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202508-01 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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