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CVE-2025-24032

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Description

PAM-PKCS#11 is a Linux-PAM login module that allows a X.509 certificate based user login. Prior to version 0.6.13, if cert_policy is set to none (the default value), then pam_pkcs11 will only check if the user is capable of logging into the token. An attacker may create a different token with the user's public data (e.g. the user's certificate) and a PIN known to the attacker. If no signature with the private key is required, then the attacker may now login as user with that created token. The default to *not* check the private key's signature has been changed with commit commi6638576892b59a99389043c90a1e7dd4d783b921, so that all versions starting with pam_pkcs11-0.6.0 should be affected. As a workaround, in `pam_pkcs11.conf`, set at least `cert_policy = signature;`.

How to fix

Remediation Available
pam-pkcs11Debian
Fixed in:0.6.11-4+deb11u1CVE-2025-24032
Fixed in:0.6.12-1+deb12u1CVE-2025-24032
Fixed in:0.6.13-1CVE-2025-24032
Fixed in:0.6.13-1CVE-2025-24032
libpam-pkcs11Ubuntu
Fixed in:0.6.8-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.9-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.11-2ubuntu0.1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.11-4ubuntu0.1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.12-2ubuntu0.24.04.1USN-7363-1
pam-pkcs11Ubuntu
Fixed in:0.6.8-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.9-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.11-2ubuntu0.1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.11-4ubuntu0.1USN-7363-1
Fixed in:0.6.12-2ubuntu0.24.04.1USN-7363-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days
48thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 48% of all known CVEs.

References

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