SUSE: 2011:1205-2 Critical Security: PAM Buffer Overflow and DoS Issues

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1205-1
Rating:             important
References:         #631802 #703187 #724480 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-3316 CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   The pam_env module is vulnerable to a stack overflow
   (CVE-2011-3148) and a  DoS condition (CVE-2011-3149) when
   parsing users .pam_environment files.  Additionally a
   missing return value check inside pam_xauth has been fixed
   (CVE-2010-3316).

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2011-3148
   
   * CVE-2011-3149
   
   * CVE-2010-3316
   



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      pam-0.99.6.3-28.25.4
      pam-devel-0.99.6.3-28.25.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      pam-32bit-0.99.6.3-28.25.4
      pam-devel-32bit-0.99.6.3-28.25.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      pam-x86-0.99.6.3-28.25.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      pam-64bit-0.99.6.3-28.25.4
      pam-devel-64bit-0.99.6.3-28.25.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      pam-0.99.6.3-28.25.4
      pam-devel-0.99.6.3-28.25.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      pam-32bit-0.99.6.3-28.25.4


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3316.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3148.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3149.html