CVE-2005-2977 Security feature bypass in n/a
Low 2.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2977 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-2977 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2977/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2977/index.md)
Local attackers can bypass rate limiting and logging in unix_chkpwd to perform brute force password guessing attacks against user accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2977?
CVE-2005-2977 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via unix_chkpwd, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2977?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (12)
pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
pam-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:0.77-66.13 |
Products include Pam Pam.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2977?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-2977 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2977, GHSA-9fch-jjp9-h24r, RHSA-2005:805.