Linux-PAM 1.6.0
Noteworthy changes in Linux-PAM 1.6.0
- Added support of configuration files with arbitrarily long lines.
- build: fixed build outside of the source tree.
- libpam: added use of getrandom(2) as a source of randomness if available.
- libpam: fixed calculation of fail delay with very long delays.
- libpam: fixed potential infinite recursion with includes.
- libpam: implemented string to number conversions validation when parsing
controls in configuration. - pam_access: added quiet_log option.
- pam_access: fixed truncation of very long group names.
- pam_canonicalize_user: new module to canonicalize user name.
- pam_echo: fixed file handling to prevent overflows and short reads.
- pam_env: added support of '' character in environment variable values.
- pam_exec: allowed expose_authtok for password PAM_TYPE.
- pam_exec: fixed stack overflow with binary output of programs.
- pam_faildelay: implemented parameter ranges validation.
- pam_listfile: changed to treat \r and \n exactly the same in configuration.
- pam_mkhomedir: hardened directory creation against timing attacks.
Please note that using *at functions leads to more open file handles
during creation. - pam_namespace: fixed potential local DoS (CVE-2024-22365).
- pam_nologin: fixed file handling to prevent short reads.
- pam_pwhistory: helper binary is now built only if SELinux support is enabled.
- pam_pwhistory: implemented reliable usernames handling when remembering
passwords. - pam_shells: changed to allow shell entries with absolute paths only.
- pam_succeed_if: fixed treating empty strings as numerical value 0.
- pam_unix: added support of disabled password aging.
- pam_unix: synchronized password aging with shadow.
- pam_unix: implemented string to number conversions validation.
- pam_unix: fixed truncation of very long user names.
- pam_unix: corrected rounds retrieval for configured encryption method.
- pam_unix: implemented reliable usernames handling when remembering passwords.
- pam_unix: changed to always run the helper to obtain shadow password entries.
- pam_unix: unix_update helper binary is now built only if SELinux support
is enabled. - pam_unix: added audit support to unix_update helper.
- pam_userdb: added gdbm support.
- Multiple minor bug fixes, portability fixes, documentation improvements,
and translation updates.
Downloads
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