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RHEL 9 : pam (RHSA-2025:10180)

🗓️ 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 9 has a PAM vulnerability affecting installed packages, detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:10180.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:10180. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(241178);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/07/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-6020");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:10180");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : pam (RHSA-2025:10180)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pam.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2025:10180 advisory.

    Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need
    to recompile programs to handle authentication.

    Security Fix(es):

    * linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal (CVE-2025-6020)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372512");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_10180.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1ec5ffb0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10180");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL pam package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:10180.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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-2025-6020");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(22);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/07/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/07/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam-docs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat 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", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.2')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.2', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '2',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'pam-1.5.1-15.el9_2.1', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pam-devel-1.5.1-15.el9_2.1', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pam-docs-1.5.1-15.el9_2.1', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Update Services for SAP Solutions repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'pam / pam-devel / pam-docs');
}

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02 Jul 2025 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.0039
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