CVE-2009-0579

Description

Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216

http://secunia.com/advisories/34733

http://secunia.com/advisories/34728

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3