pam: MINDAYS not respected by pam for password changing
Published Apr 16, 2009
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.0.4
- 0.99.1.0
- 0.99.2.0
- 0.99.2.1
- 0.99.3.0
- 0.99.4.0
- 0.99.5.0
- 0.99.6.0
- 0.99.6.1
- 0.99.6.2
- 0.99.6.3
- 0.99.7.0
- 0.99.7.1
- 0.99.8.0
- 0.99.8.1
- 0.99.9.0
- 0.99.10.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of pam as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, or 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 25.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34728 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34733 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0579 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0579
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0579
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514437 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34728 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34733 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0579 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487216 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0579 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0579 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00398.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00420.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2009-March/msg00006.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory |
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