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CVE-2009-0579 at MITRE

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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.
Novell Bugzilla entry: 481814

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