CVE-2020-27780

Summary

A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/apampam 1.5.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-287: CWE-287

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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