Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1165-1 libpam4j -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

07 Nov 2017

Affected Packages:

libpam4j

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 879001.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-12197.

More information:

It was discovered that libpam4j, a Java binding for libpam.so, does not call pam_acct_mgmt(). As a consequence, the PAM account is not properly verified. Any user with a valid password but with deactivated or disabled account was able to log in.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.4-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam4j packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS