[ GLSA 202508-01 ] PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202508-01
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 Severity: High
    Title: PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: August 06, 2025
     Bugs: #958320
       ID: 202508-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM, the worst of which
could lead to privilege escalation.

Background
==========

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an architecture allowing the
separation of the development of privilege granting software from the
development of secure and appropriate authentication schemes.

Affected packages
=================

Package       Vulnerable    Unaffected
------------  ------------  ------------
sys-libs/pam  < 1.7.1       >= 1.7.1

Description
===========

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

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/pam-1.7.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-10963
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10963
[ 2 ] CVE-2025-6020
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6020

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202508-01

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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