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SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:1207-1
Rating: important
References: #631802 #724480 #726071
Cross-References: CVE-2010-3316 CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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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
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