SUSE-SU-2025:02080-1 Security update for pam-config

This update for pam-config fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-6018: Stop adding pamenv in AUTH stack, and be sure to put this module at the really end of the SESSION stack bsc1243226...

Important: pam security update

Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fixes: linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal CVE-2025-6020 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS...

ALSA-2025:9526 Important: pam security update

Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication. Security Fixes: linux-pam: Linux-pam directory Traversal CVE-2025-6020 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS...

pam security update

1.5.1-25.0.1 - pamlimits: fix use after free in pamsmopensession Orabug: 36406534 1.5.1-25 - pamnamespace: fix potential privilege escalation. Resolves: CVE-2025-6020 and RHEL-96729...

The vulnerability of the pam_namespace module of the Linux-PAM authentication module allows a hacker to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the pamnamespace module in the Linux-PAM authentication module arises from a race condition caused by an incorrect restriction on the path to the restricted directory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges...

Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2025-432b207745)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 42 Update: pam-1.7.0-6.fc42

PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication...

Fedora 42 : pam (2025-432b207745)

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-432b207745 advisory. pamnamespace: fix potential privilege escalation. Resolves: CVE-2025-6020 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora...

Security update for pam_pkcs11

This update for pampkcs11 fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-6018: Removes pamenv from auth stack for security reason bsc1243226. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the...

Security update for pam_pkcs11

This update for pampkcs11 fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-6018: Removes pamenv from auth stack for security reason bsc1243226. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2025:02001-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2025:02013-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Security update for pam_pkcs11

This update for pampkcs11 fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-6018: Removes pamenv from auth stack for security reason bsc1243226. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the...

SUSE-SU-2025:20427-1 Security update for pam

This update for pam fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-6020: pamnamespace: convert functions that may operate on a user-controlled path to operate on file descriptors instead of absolute path. And keep the bind-mount protection from protectmount as a defense in depthmeasure. bsc1244509...

Security update for pam

This update for pam fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-6020: pamnamespace: convert functions that may operate on a user-controlled path to operate on file descriptors instead of absolute path. And keep the bind-mount protection from protectmount as a defense in depthmeasure. bsc1244509 Patch...

SUSE-SU-2025:20441-1 Security update for pam

This update for pam fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-6020: pamnamespace: convert functions that may operate on a user-controlled path to operate on file descriptors instead of absolute path. And keep the bind-mount protection from protectmount as a defense in depthmeasure. bsc1244509...

New Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributions

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two local privilege escalation LPE flaws that could be exploited to gain root privileges on machines running major Linux distributions. The vulnerabilities, discovered by Qualys, are listed below - CVE-2025-6018 - LPE from unprivileged to allowactive in...

SUSE CVE-2025-6018

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker for example, a user logged in via SSH to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present,...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : PAM vulnerability (USN-7580-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7580-1 advisory. Olivier BAL-PETRE discovered that the PAM pamnamespace module incorrectly handled user-controlled paths. In environments where...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7580-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...