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Debian DSA-3567-1 Critical: Libpam-Sshauth Root Access Flaw

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2016
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Debian Security Notice DSA-3654-2 addresses vulnerabilities in libgnome-keyring, rectifying a critical security issue that could be exploited in certain GNOME desktop setups.
It was discovered that libpam-sshauth, a PAM module to authenticate using an SSH server, does not correctly handle system users
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.1-1+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.4.1-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.1-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-sshauth packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libpam-sshauth
CVE ID: CVE-2016-4422

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