Secunia Advisory SA24061

pam_ssh "allow_blank_passphrase" Bypass Security Issue
Secunia Advisory SA24061
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Release Date 2007-02-08
Last Update 2007-02-09
   
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Criticality level Not criticalNot critical
Impact Security Bypass
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
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Software:
pam_ssh 1.x

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2007-0844 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description
A security issue has been reported in pam_ssh, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to pam_ssh not properly restricting the use of private keys with a blank password, even if the "allow_blank_password" option is disabled. This can be exploited to use private keys with blank passphrases by entering a random, non-blank passphrase when prompted.

The security issue is reported in version 1.91.

Solution
Update to version 1.92.

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits Rob Henderson.

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=484376

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