{"id":"CVE-2015-3238","details":"The _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.2.1, when unable to directly access passwords, allows local users to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service (hang) via a large password.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:44:40.574608Z","published":"2015-08-24T14:59:04Z","related":["MGASA-2015-0266","SUSE-SU-2016:1645-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1398-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10405-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"}]}