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.
References
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901094 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2020-12-17T23:55:45
Updated: 2020-12-17T23:55:45
Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-27780
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-12-18T00:15:14.330
Modified: 2020-12-28T19:11:29.983
Link: CVE-2020-27780
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CWE