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GLSA-202508-01 : PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Remote host has PAM vulnerabilities as detailed in GLSA-202508-01, with specific CVE identifiers.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# @NOAGENT@
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202508-01.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(243975);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-10963", "CVE-2025-6020");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202508-01 : PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202508-01 (PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below
    for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202508-01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958320");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-libs/pam-1.7.1");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-10963");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-6020");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}
include('qpkg.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/release')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Gentoo');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var flag = 0;

var packages = [
  {
    'name' : 'sys-libs/pam',
    'unaffected' : make_list("ge 1.7.1"),
    'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 1.7.1")
  }
];

foreach var package( packages ) {
  if (isnull(package['unaffected'])) package['unaffected'] = make_list();
  if (isnull(package['vulnerable'])) package['vulnerable'] = make_list();
  if (qpkg_check(package: package['name'] , unaffected: package['unaffected'], vulnerable: package['vulnerable'])) flag++;
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : qpkg_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  qpkg_tests = list_uniq(qpkg_tests);
  var tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'PAM');
}

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06 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00798
SSVC
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