CVE-2024-10041
MEDIUMlinux-pam - Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information via Branch Predictor Training
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10379
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11250
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9941
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10041
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2319212
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
17.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-922
Status
published
Products (1)
linux-pam/linux-pam
Published
Oct 23, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026