CVE-2005-0002: Gentoo Poppassd Pam

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

poppassd_pam 1.0 and earlier, when changing a user password, does not verify that the user entered the old password correctly, which allows remote attackers to change passwords for arbitrary users.

Affected products

• Gentoo Poppassd Pam: up to and including 1.0

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.