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SUSE: 2011:1209-1 Important: PAM Stack Overflow and DoS

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2011
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam ______________________________________________________
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one errata is no...

Summary

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1209-1
Rating:             important
References:         #568833 #631802 #703187 #724480 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-3316 CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one
   errata 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 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      pam-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4
      pam-devel-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (s390x x86_64):

      pam-32bit-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4
      pam-devel-32bit-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (ia64):

      pam-x86-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (ppc):

      pam-64bit-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4
      pam-devel-64bit-0.99.6.3-28.20.3.4


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
   
   
   
   
   

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