RHSA-2015:1640Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security update

Published
August 18, 2015
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-3238 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-3238 — pam: DoS/user enumeration due to blocking pipe in pam_unix module

🎯 Affected products104

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • pam-0:1.1.8-12.ael7b_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • pam-0:1.1.8-12.ael7b_1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (4)