CVE-2009-1384
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
pam_krb5 2.2.14 through 2.3.4, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, generates different password prompts depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1382)
- Published
- May 28, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1382 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- eyrie / pam-krb5
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://osvdb.org/54791
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43314
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:054
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35112
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1448
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502602(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7081
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9652
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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