CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
76.3%
If SELinux is enabled, the _unix_run_helper_binary function in Linux-PAM 1.1.8 and earlier hangs indefinitely when verifying a password of 65536 characters, which allows attackers to conduct username enumeration and denial of service attacks (CVE-2015-3238).
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mageia | 4 | noarch | pam | < 1.1.8-7.2 | pam-1.1.8-7.2.mga4 |
Mageia | 5 | noarch | pam | < 1.1.8-10.1 | pam-1.1.8-10.1.mga5 |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
76.3%