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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2025-0009

NIXPKGS-2025-0009
published 10 months ago
Permalink CVE-2025-8941
7.8 HIGH
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): High (H)
  • Integrity (I): High (H)
  • Availability (A): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
  • Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
updated 10 months ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created suggestion 11 months, 2 weeks ago
  • @LeSuisse ignored
    69 packages
    • ipam
    • opam
    • paml
    • dspam
    • pamix
    • rspamd
    • openpam
    • pam_p11
    • pam_u2f
    • pamixer
    • dopamine
    • pam_krb5
    • sbclPackages.cl-xmlspam
    • python312Packages.pamela
    • python313Packages.pamela
    • stalwart-mail-spam-filter
    • python312Packages.pypamtest
    • python313Packages.pypamtest
    • python312Packages.python-pam
    • python313Packages.python-pam
    • wordpressPackages.plugins.antispam-bee
    • matrix-synapse-plugins.matrix-synapse-pam
    • matrix-synapse-plugins.synapse-http-antispam
    • matrix-synapse-plugins.matrix-synapse-mjolnir-antispam
    • vscode-extensions.fabiospampinato.vscode-open-in-github
    • pam_ssh_agent_auth
    • rubyPackages.rpam2
    • decode-spam-headers
    • haskellPackages.pam
    • luaPackages.lua-pam
    • google-authenticator
    • lua51Packages.lua-pam
    • lua52Packages.lua-pam
    • lua53Packages.lua-pam
    • rubyPackages_3_1.rpam2
    • rubyPackages_3_2.rpam2
    • rubyPackages_3_3.rpam2
    • rubyPackages_3_4.rpam2
    • kdePackages.kwallet-pam
    • opensmtpd-filter-rspamd
    • python312Packages.pamqp
    • python313Packages.pamqp
    • apparmor-pam
    • opam-publish
    • pam-reattach
    • spamassassin
    • nss_pam_ldapd
    • libpam-wrapper
    • opam-installer
    • pam-honeycreds
    • rspamd-trainer
    • pam_ussh
    • pam_rssh
    • pam_ldap
    • pam
    • ncpamixer
    • opam2json
    • pam_dp9ik
    • pam_gnupg
    • pam_mount
    • pam_mysql
    • pam_pgsql
    • pamtester
    • pam_ccreds
    • pam_mktemp
    • pam_rundir
    • pam_tmpdir
    • yubico-pam
    • pam-watchid
    10 months ago
  • @LeSuisse accepted 10 months ago
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub 10 months ago
Linux-pam: incomplete fix for cve-2025-6020

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.

References

Affected products

pam
  • *
linux-pam
discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • *
web-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9
  • *
cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9
  • *
web-terminal/web-terminal-rhel9-operator
  • *
insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
  • *
compliance/openshift-compliance-openscap-rhel8
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9
  • *
registry.redhat.io/discovery/discovery-server-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9
  • *
openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-cloud-api-adaptor-rhel9
  • *
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
  • *

Matching in nixpkgs

Ignored packages (69)

pkgs.pam

None

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.ipam

None

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.opam

None

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.paml

None

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.dspam

None

  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.pamix

None

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 2.0

pkgs.pamixer

None

  • nixos-unstable -
    • nixpkgs-unstable 1.6