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Package "pam"

Name: pam

Description:

This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • Documentation of PAM
  • Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
  • Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM - helper binaries
  • Runtime support for the PAM library
Latest version: 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6
Release: noble (24.04)
Level: security
Repository: main

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updates main 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6

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Version: 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.6 2026-07-23 17:08:19 UTC
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Source diff to previous version

Version: 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.5 2025-09-22 19:07:02 UTC

  pam (1.5.3-5ubuntu5.5) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: pam_access hostname confusion
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-10963.patch: add "nodns" option to disallow
      resolving of tokens as hostname in
      modules/pam_access/access.conf.5.xml,
      modules/pam_access/pam_access.8.xml,
      modules/pam_access/pam_access.c.
    - CVE-2024-10963

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:37:15 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2024-10963 A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. This vulnerability allows attacker

Version: 1.5.3-5ubuntu5.4 2025-06-18 19:08:52 UTC

  pam (1.5.3-5ubuntu5.4) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: privilege escalation via pam_namespace
    - debian/patches/pam_namespace_170.patch: sync pam_namespace module to
      version 1.7.0.
    - debian/patches/pam_namespace_post170-*.patch: add post-1.7.0 changes
      from upstream git tree.
    - debian/patches/pam_namespace_revert_abi.patch: revert ABI change to
      prevent unintended issues in running daemons.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-6020-1.patch: fix potential privilege
      escalation.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-6020-2.patch: add flags to indicate path
      safety.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-6020-3.patch: secure_opendir: do not look at
      the group ownership.
    - debian/patches/pam_namespace_o_directory.patch: removed, included in
      patch cluster above.
    - CVE-2025-6020

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:45:28 -0400
CVE-2025-6020 A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to eleva


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