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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-10830
2015-06-27 09:57:38
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Name        : pam
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 1.1.8
Release     : 19.fc22
URL         : https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
Summary     : An extensible library which provides authentication for applications
Description :
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that
allows system administrators to set authentication policy without
having to recompile programs that handle authentication.

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Update Information:

Update fixing a minor security issue CVE-2015-3238.

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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jun 26 2015 Tomáš Mráz  1.1.8-19
- fix CVE-2015-3238 - minor security issue when handling long passwords
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1228571 - CVE-2015-3238 pam: DoS/user enumeration due to blocking pipe in pam_unix module
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update pam' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 22: pam Security Update

June 30, 2015
Update fixing a minor security issue CVE-2015-3238.

Summary

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that

allows system administrators to set authentication policy without

having to recompile programs that handle authentication.

Update Information:

Update fixing a minor security issue CVE-2015-3238.

Change Log

* Fri Jun 26 2015 Tomáš Mráz 1.1.8-19 - fix CVE-2015-3238 - minor security issue when handling long passwords

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1228571 - CVE-2015-3238 pam: DoS/user enumeration due to blocking pipe in pam_unix module https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update pam' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : pam
Product : Fedora 22
Version : 1.1.8
Release : 19.fc22
URL : https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
Summary : An extensible library which provides authentication for applications

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