Security Advisory

CVE-2015-3238

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2015-08-24 14:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 05:39:32
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.2.1, when unable to directly access passwords, allows local users to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service (hang) via a large password.