CVE-2024-10041: Pam: libpam: libpam vulnerable to read hashed password
Description
A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-10041
Affected Products
Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 24.42% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10379https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9941
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10041
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2319212