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SUSE: 2011:1218-2 Critical: Pam Security Vulnerabilities Alert

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2011
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The latest patch addresses significant security flaws, improving the overall robustness and safety of the system. More information available here.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1218-1
Rating:             important
References:         #631802 #724480 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149
Affected Products:

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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   The pam_env module was 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
   



Package List:


References:

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

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