Security Advisory

CVE-2009-0579

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2009-04-16 15:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 04:40:04
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.