A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:11250 advisory.

    * pam: libpam: Libpam vulnerable to read hashed password (CVE-2024-10041)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-11250 advisory.

    - pam_unix: always run the helper to obtain shadow password file entries.
      CVE-2024-10041. Resolves: RHEL-62880
    - pam_namespace: protect_dir(): use O_DIRECTORY to prevent local DoS       situations. CVE-2024-22365. Resolves: RHEL-21244

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:10379 advisory.

    * pam: libpam: Libpam vulnerable to read hashed password (CVE-2024-10041)

    * pam: Improper Hostname Interpretation in pam_access Leads to Access Control Bypass (CVE-2024-10963)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:11250 advisory.

    Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need     to recompile programs to handle authentication.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pam: libpam: Libpam vulnerable to read hashed password (CVE-2024-10041)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-10379 advisory.

    - pam_access: rework resolving of tokens as hostname.
      Resolves: CVE-2024-10963 and RHEL-66242
    - pam_unix: always run the helper to obtain shadow password file entries.
      CVE-2024-10041. Resolves: RHEL-62877

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10379 advisory.

    Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need     to recompile programs to handle authentication.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pam: libpam: Libpam vulnerable to read hashed password (CVE-2024-10041)

    * pam: Improper Hostname Interpretation in pam_access Leads to Access Control Bypass (CVE-2024-10963)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9941 advisory.

    Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need     to recompile programs to handle authentication.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pam: libpam: Libpam vulnerable to read hashed password (CVE-2024-10041)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
213337	AlmaLinux 9 : pam (ALSA-2024:11250)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
213264	Oracle Linux 9 : pam (ELSA-2024-11250)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
213213	RockyLinux 8 : pam (RLSA-2024:10379)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
213155	RHEL 9 : pam (RHSA-2024:11250)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
212001	Oracle Linux 8 : pam (ELSA-2024-10379)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
211861	RHEL 8 : pam (RHSA-2024:10379)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
211819	RHEL 9 : pam (RHSA-2024:9941)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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