AlmaLinux alert ALSA-2025:15099 (pam)

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[Announce] [Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:15099: pam security update (Important)
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:01:43 +0000
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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2025-09-03

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):  

  * linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)
  * linux-pam: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-6020 (CVE-2025-8941)


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.


Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information:
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-15099.html

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