CVE-2020-27780
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27780
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27780.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-13
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 1.5.0-2 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.