Gentoo: GLSA-200606-18 Normal: PAM-MySQL Denial of Service
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June 15, 2006
Vulnerabilities in PAM-MySQL can lead to a Denial of Service, making it impossible to log into a machine.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-18
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: PAM-MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 15, 2006
Bugs: #120842
ID: 200606-18
Synopsis
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Vulnerabilities in PAM-MySQL can lead to a Denial of Service, making it
impossible to log into a machine.
Background
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PAM-MySQL is a PAM module used to authenticate users against a MySQL
backend.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-auth/pam_mysql < 0.7_rc1 >= 0.7_rc1
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A flaw in handling the result of pam_get_item() as well as further
unspecified flaws were discovered in PAM-MySQL.
Impact
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By exploiting the mentioned f...
Resolution
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