{"id":"MGASA-2015-0266","summary":"Updated pam package fixes security vulnerability","details":"If SELinux is enabled, the _unix_run_helper_binary function in Linux-PAM\n1.1.8 and earlier hangs indefinitely when verifying a password of 65536\ncharacters, which allows attackers to conduct username enumeration and\ndenial of service attacks (CVE-2015-3238).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:46.558210195Z","published":"2015-07-05T17:22:03Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-3238"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0266.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16212"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pam?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.8-7.2.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0266.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pam","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pam?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.8-10.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0266.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}