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pam — security advisory
Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.
- Products
- pam
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.1-10
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-0579
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0579
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-2009-0579",
"method": "structured",
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"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0579",
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},
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}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:33.596315609Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2009-0579"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0579"
]
},
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417621,
"published_at": "2009-04-16T15:12:57.36+00:00"
}