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Access to Linux with any password

Publication:Heise OnlineDate:Jan 27 2007

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An update from the developers of Linux-PAM fixes a vulnerability which could be exploited to outsmart the authentication process. The error was located in the function _unix_verify_password in the modules/pam_unix/support.c module. According to the error report, this made it possible, under certain circumstances, to log onto an account using any password.


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