CVE-2009-0579: Linux-Pam

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.

Affected products

• Linux-Pam Linux-Pam: up to and including 1.0.4; version 0.99.1.0 only; version 0.99.2.0 only; version 0.99.2.1 only; version 0.99.3.0 only; version 0.99.4.0 only; …

Published 2009-04-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.