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CVE-2020-27780

Published: 2020-12-18T00:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt