CVE-2009-0579
Publication date 16 April 2009
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pam | ||
Notes
mdeslaur
pam below 1.0 have a check already as per debian bug: in _unix_verify_shadow, called from pam_sm_chauthtok: if ((curdays < (spwdent->sp_lstchg + spwdent->sp_min)) && (spwdent->sp_min != -1)) retval = PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR;