Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55735
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:805
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:805. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set an authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication. A bug was found in the way PAM's unix_chkpwd helper program validates user passwords when SELinux is enabled. Under normal circumstances, it is not possible for a local non-root user to verify the password of another local user with the unix_chkpwd command. A patch applied that adds SELinux functionality makes it possible for a local user to use brute force password guessing techniques against other local user accounts. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2977 to this issue. All users of pam should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 15217 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2977 1015111 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015111 15217 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217 17346 http://secunia.com/advisories/17346 17350 http://secunia.com/advisories/17350 17352 http://secunia.com/advisories/17352 17365 http://secunia.com/advisories/17365 ADV-2005-2227 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227 GLSA-200510-22 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xml RHSA-2005:805 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.html http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWS?rev=1.6&view=markup https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168181 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10193 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193
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