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Gentoo: GLSA-200606-18 Normal: PAM-MySQL Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2006
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Gentoo Linux security advisory GLSA 202305-22 concerning vulnerabilities in OpenSSH potentially compromising secure shell access.
Vulnerabilities in PAM-MySQL can lead to a Denial of Service, making it impossible to log into a machine.

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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 ======= Vulnerabilities in PAM-MySQL can lead to a Denial of Service, making it impossible to log into a machine.
Background ========= PAM-MySQL is a PAM module used to authenticate users against a MySQL backend.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-auth/pam_mysql < 0.7_rc1 >= 0.7_rc1
========== A flaw in handling the result of pam_get_item() as well as further unspecified flaws were discovered in PAM-MySQL.
Impact ===== By exploiting the mentioned f...

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