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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232

pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Products
pam
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.0.1-10
CVEs
CVE-2009-3232
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2009, 10:30 UTC

pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an "empty selection" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232

pam

Fixed versions: 1.0.1-10

pam

Fixed versions: 1.0.1-10

pam

Fixed versions: 1.0.1-10

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232",
    "summary": "pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an \"empty selection\" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3232",
    "products": [
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          "value": "pam",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "1.0.1-10",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "pam",
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "value": "1.0.1-10",
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      {
        "name": {
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        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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          },
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          },
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          }
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          ],
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          },
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          },
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "pam",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=forky",
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:44.443207871Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2009-3232"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3232"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2009-3232",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 418650,
  "published_at": "2009-09-17T10:30:01.25+00:00"
}