Cristian Gafton Pam Userdb cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cristian Gafton Pam Userdb (the affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The pam_userdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.

The weakness was presented 05/08/2014 as Bug 1038555 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-7041 since 12/09/2013. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78297 (Amazon Linux AMI : pam (ALAS-2014-354)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350375 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for pam: ALAS-2014-354).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (78297).

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Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 78297
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : pam (ALAS-2014-354)
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OpenVAS ID: 880132
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for pam USN-2935-2
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12/09/2013 🔍
12/10/2013 +1 days 🔍
05/08/2014 +149 days 🔍
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06/15/2014 +38 days 🔍
10/12/2014 +119 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +164 days 🔍
05/03/2019 +1500 days 🔍

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Advisory: Bug 1038555
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-7041 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 64180 - 'pam_userdb' Module CVE-2013-7041 Password Hashes Security Weakness

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Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/03/2019 06:39
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (64), 05/03/2019 06:39 (5)
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