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Permalink CVE-2025-6020
created 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Linux-pam: linux-pam directory traversal

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The module pam_namespace may use access user-controlled paths without proper protection, allowing local users to elevate their privileges to root via multiple symlink attacks and race conditions.

Affected products

pam
  • *
linux-pam
  • <1.7.1
rhosdt/tempo-rhel8
  • *
rhosdt/tempo-query-rhel8
  • *
rhosdt/tempo-gateway-rhel8
  • *
rhosdt/tempo-rhel8-operator
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-rhel8-operator
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-kieserver-rhel8
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-operator-bundle
  • *
rhosdt/tempo-gateway-opa-rhel8
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-controller-rhel8
  • *
rhosdt/tempo-jaeger-query-rhel8
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-dashbuilder-rhel8
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-smartrouter-rhel8
  • *
discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • *
rhosdt/opentelemetry-rhel8-operator
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-rhel8
  • *
rhosdt/opentelemetry-collector-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-rhel8
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-process-migration-rhel8
  • *
web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
  • *
cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9
  • *
web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-rhel8-operator
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-query-rhel8
  • *
rhosdt/opentelemetry-target-allocator-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-operator-bundle
  • *
insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-gateway-rhel8
  • *
compliance/openshift-compliance-openscap-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-swf-builder-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-swf-devmode-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-rhel8-operator
  • *
rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-gateway-opa-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-jaeger-query-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-db-migrator-tool-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-management-console-rhel8
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/opentelemetry-rhel8-operator
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-ephemeral-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/opentelemetry-collector-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-postgresql-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-jobs-service-ephemeral-rhel8
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-jobs-service-postgresql-rhel8
  • *
openshift-serverless-1/logic-kn-workflow-cli-artifacts-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/opentelemetry-target-allocator-rhel8
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9
  • *

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pkgs.pam

Pluggable Authentication Modules, a flexible mechanism for authenticating user

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.ipam

Cli based IPAM written in Go with PowerDNS support

pkgs.opam

Package manager for OCaml

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.paml

Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood (PAML)

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pkgs.dspam

Community Driven Antispam Filter

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pkgs.pamix

Pulseaudio terminal mixer

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pkgs.rspamd

Advanced spam filtering system

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.openpam

Open source PAM library that focuses on simplicity, correctness, and cleanliness

pkgs.pam_p11

Authentication with PKCS#11 modules

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_u2f

PAM module for allowing authentication with a U2F device

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pkgs.pamixer

Pulseaudio command line mixer

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_krb5

PAM module allowing PAM-aware applications to authenticate users by performing an AS exchange with a Kerberos KDC

pkgs.pam_rssh

PAM module for authenticating via ssh-agent, written in Rust

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.linux-pam

Pluggable Authentication Modules, a flexible mechanism for authenticating user

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.ncpamixer

Terminal mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam2json

Convert opam file syntax to JSON

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_gnupg

Unlock GnuPG keys on login

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_mount

PAM module to mount volumes for a user session

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_mysql

PAM authentication module against a MySQL database

pkgs.pam_pgsql

Support to authenticate against PostgreSQL for PAM-enabled appliations

pkgs.pamtester

Utility program to test the PAM facility

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_ccreds

PAM module to locally authenticate using an enterprise identity when the network is unavailable

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 10

pkgs.pam_mktemp

PAM for login service to provide per-user private directories

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_rundir

Provide user runtime directory on Linux systems

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam_tmpdir

PAM module for creating safe per-user temporary directories

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.apparmor-pam

Mandatory access control system - PAM service

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam-publish

Tool to ease contributions to opam repositories

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam-reattach

Reattach to the user's GUI session on macOS during authentication (for Touch ID support in tmux)

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.nss_pam_ldapd

LDAP identity and authentication for NSS/PAM

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam-installer

Handle (un)installation from opam install files

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pam-honeycreds

PAM module that sends warnings when fake passwords are used

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.rspamd-trainer

Grabs messages from a spam mailbox via IMAP and feeds them to Rspamd for training

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