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CVE-2009-3232

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-09-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References