CVE-2024-10963

Upstream information

CVE-2024-10963 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in pam_access, where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. This vulnerability allows attackers to trick the system by pretending to be a trusted hostname, gaining unauthorized access. This issue poses a risk for systems that rely on this feature to control who can access certain services or terminals.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	CNA (Red Hat)	SUSE
Base Score	7.4	6.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector	Network	Network
Attack Complexity	High	Low
Privileges Required	None	High
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	High	High
Availability Impact	None	None
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

CVSS v4 Scores

CVSS detail	SUSE
Base Score	8.5
Vector	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Attack Requirements	None
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact	High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact	High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact	None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact	None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact	None
Subsequent System Availability Impact	None
CVSSv4 Version	4.0

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1233078 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• RHSA-2024:10244, published Wed Nov 27 16:06:11 UTC 2024
• RHSA-2024:10379, published Wed Nov 27 16:06:11 UTC 2024
• SUSE-SU-2025:20104-1, published 2025-02-03T09:17:48Z
• SUSE-SU-2025:20229-1, published 2025-03-05T14:53:42Z
• openSUSE-SU-2024:14563-1, published Mon Dec 9 18:50:35 2024

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8	pam >= 1.3.1-36.el8_10 pam-devel >= 1.3.1-36.el8_10	Patchnames: RHSA-2024:10379 (i686,x86_64)
SUSE Liberty Linux 9	pam >= 1.5.1-22.el9_5 pam-devel >= 1.5.1-22.el9_5 pam-docs >= 1.5.1-22.el9_5	Patchnames: RHSA-2024:10244 (i686,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0	pam >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-devel >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-doc >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-extra >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-manpages >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA pam-1.7.1-160000.2.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1	pam >= 1.7.2+git12-160099.1.1 pam-devel >= 1.7.2+git12-160099.1.1 pam-doc >= 1.7.2+git12-160099.1.3 pam-extra >= 1.7.2+git12-160099.1.3 pam-manpages >= 1.7.2+git12-160099.1.3	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA pam-1.7.2+git12-160099.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0	pam >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-devel >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-doc >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-extra >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2 pam-manpages >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 GA pam-1.7.1-160000.2.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0	pam >= 1.6.0-4.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-164 (aarch64,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1	pam >= 1.6.1-slfo.1.1_2.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-30 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
openSUSE Tumbleweed	pam >= 1.7.0-2.1 pam-32bit >= 1.7.0-2.1 pam-devel >= 1.7.0-2.1 pam-devel-32bit >= 1.7.0-2.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14563

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250210-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250210-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-hvm-ssd-arm64-llc
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-hvm-ssd-arm64-ltd
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-hvm-ssd-x86_64-llc
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-hvm-ssd-x86_64-ltd
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-1-byos-v20250522-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-1-byos-v20250522-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-hvm-ssd-arm64-llc
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-hvm-ssd-arm64-ltd
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-hvm-ssd-x86_64-llc
• amazon/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-hvm-ssd-x86_64-ltd
• google/sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250210-arm64
• google/sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250210-x86-64
• google/sle-micro-6-1-byos-v20250522-arm64
• google/sle-micro-6-1-byos-v20250522-x86-64
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250210-arm64
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250212-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-byos-v20250513-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-arm64-llc
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-arm64-ltd
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-x86_64-llc
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-0-v20250210-x86_64-ltd
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-1-byos-v20250522-arm64
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-1-byos-v20250530-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-arm64-llc
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-arm64-ltd
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-x86_64-llc
• microsoft/suse-sle-micro-6-1-v20250522-x86_64-ltd

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1	pam	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1	pam	Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0	pam	Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1	pam	Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6	pam	Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	pam	Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	pam	Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0	pam	Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6	pam	Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7	pam	Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	pam	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3	pam	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7	pam	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	pam	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	pam	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	pam	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4	pam	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5	pam	Not affected

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Nov 7 10:00:02 2024
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 7 14:23:50 2026