CVE-2005-0002

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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: through 1.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13865
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-22.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012840
http://secunia.com/advisories/13865
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-22.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012840

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