| Name | CVE-2024-10963 |
| Description | A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname, gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who can access certain services or terminals. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1087019 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pam (PTS) | jessie | 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.1.8-3.6 | fixed |
| buster | 1.3.1-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.5.3-7 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pam | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| pam | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1087019 |
Notes
[bookworm] - pam <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced in 1.5.3)
[bullseye] - pam <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced in 1.5.3)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324291
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/834
Introduced in https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/23393bef92c1e768eda329813d7af55481c6ca9f (v1.5.3)
[buster] - pam <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced in 1.5.3)
[stretch] - pam <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced in 1.5.3)
[jessie] - pam <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced in 1.5.3)