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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: pam (CVE-2024-10041)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233949

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of pam installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-10041 advisory.

 - 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)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10041

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233949

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-10041.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/6/2025

Updated: 4/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:pam-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:pam, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:pam-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:pam-lang

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10041