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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202508-01
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Severity: High
Title: PAM: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 06, 2025
Bugs: #958320
ID: 202508-01
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM, the worst of which
could lead to privilege escalation.
Background
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PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an architecture allowing the
separation of the development of privilege granting software from the
development of secure and appropriate authentication schemes.
Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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sys-libs/pam < 1.7.1 >= 1.7.1
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/pam-1.7.1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-10963
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10963
[ 2 ] CVE-2025-6020
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6020
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202508-01
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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