-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2326-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 24, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : pam Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149 Kees Cook of the ChromeOS security team discovered a buffer overflow in pam_env, a PAM module to set environment variables through the PAM stack, which allowed the execution of arbitrary code. An additional issue in argument parsing allows denial of service. The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon (the impact in sid is limited to denial of service for both issues) We recommend that you upgrade your pam packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-2326-1: pam security update
Kees Cook of the ChromeOS security team discovered a buffer overflow in pam_env, a PAM module to set environment variables through the PAM stack, which allowed the execution of arbitrary code. An additional issue in argument parsing allows denial of service.
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