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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (pam): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

WID-SEC-2024-3493 · first 19.11.2024 · updated 08.10.2026 · CVSS 4,7

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What it is about

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (pam) ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

Under what conditions?

Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • Informationen offenzulegen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Broadcom Fabric OS
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Gentoo Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • IBM MQ Operator
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4
  • IBM MQ Container
  • IBM QRadar SIEM <7.5.0 UP12
  • Dell NetWorker vProxy <19.14

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5.0 UP12
  • Dell NetWorker vProxy 19.14

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 1 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2024-10041

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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