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Oracle Linux 9 ELSA-2025-15099 pam Important Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2025
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Important Oracle Linux 9 advisory ELSA-2025-15099 addresses privilege escalation issues for PAM. Immediate action recommended.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[1.5.1-26.0.1] - pam_limits: fix use after free in pam_sm_open_session [Orabug: 36406534] [1.5.1-26] - pam_namespace: fix potential privilege escalation. Resolves: CVE-2025-6020 and RHEL-96729

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/pam-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.src.rpm

x86_64

pam-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.i686.rpm pam-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm pam-devel-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.i686.rpm pam-devel-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm pam-docs-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

pam-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm pam-devel-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm pam-docs-1.5.1-26.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-6020 CVE-2025-8941

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