Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM, the worst of which could lead to password leakage.
| Package | sys-libs/pam on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.7.0_p20241230 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.7.0_p20241230 |
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an architecture allowing the separation of the development of privilege granting software from the development of secure and appropriate authentication schemes.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PAM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/pam-1.7.0_p20241230"