Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2977
CVE-2005-2977
Description
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via unix_chkpwd, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.
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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- secunia.com/advisories/17365nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-22.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/NEWSnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17346nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17350nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17352nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-805.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15217nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2227nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10193nvd
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