{"cve":"CVE-2009-3232","nvd":{"published":"2009-09-17T10:30:01.250","modified":"2026-06-16T23:11:11.597","status":"Modified","description":"pam-auth-update for PAM, as used in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.4, and Debian GNU/Linux, does not properly handle an \"empty selection\" for system authentication modules in certain rare configurations, which causes any attempt to be successful and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519927","http://secunia.com/advisories/36620","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/08/7","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36306","https://launchpad.net/bugs/410171"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-3232","score":0.04613,"percentile":0.91684,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}