CVE-2009-0579
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0583)
- Published
- April 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0583 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34728(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34733(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216(Patch)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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