A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname, gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who can access certain services or terminals.

According to the versions of the pam package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as     hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname,     gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who     can access certain services or terminals.(CVE-2024-10963)

    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.(CVE-2024-10041)

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

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

According to the versions of the pam package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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.(CVE-2024-10041)

    A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as     hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname,     gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who     can access certain services or terminals.(CVE-2024-10963)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS pam 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 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 Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-45478608e2 advisory.

    pam_access: rework resolving of tokens as hostname.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4d4d946073 advisory.

    pam_access: rework resolving of tokens as hostname.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10232 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: 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 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-2024-10244 advisory.

    - pam_access: rework resolving of tokens as hostname.
      Resolves: CVE-2024-10963 and RHEL-66245

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 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-2024:10244 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: 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the pam-1.5.1-23.el9 build changelog.

  - A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as     hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname,     gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who     can access certain services or terminals. (CVE-2024-10963)

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
216017	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-1194)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
216013	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-1178)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
215999	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-1142)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
215998	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-1161)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
213213	RockyLinux 8 : pam (RLSA-2024:10379)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
212106	Fedora 40 : pam (2024-45478608e2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
212001	Oracle Linux 8 : pam (ELSA-2024-10379)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
211969	Fedora 41 : pam (2024-4d4d946073)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
211910	RHEL 9 : pam (RHSA-2024:10232)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
211864	Oracle Linux 9 : pam:1.5.1 (ELSA-2024-10244)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
211861	RHEL 8 : pam (RHSA-2024:10379)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
211836	RHEL 9 : pam:1.5.1 (RHSA-2024:10244)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
211828	CentOS 9 : pam-1.5.1-23.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high

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