CVE-2009-3232
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD
pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3215)
- Published
- September 17, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3215 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519927(Issue Tracking, Mailing List)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36620(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/7(Mailing List)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36306(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/410171(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/828-1/(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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