=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2935-1
March 16, 2016

pam vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in PAM.

Software Description:
- pam: Pluggable Authentication Modules

Details:

It was discovered that the PAM pam_userdb module incorrectly used a
case-insensitive method when comparing hashed passwords. A local attacker
could possibly use this issue to make brute force attacks easier. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-7041)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the PAM pam_timestamp module incorrectly
performed filtering. A local attacker could use this issue to create
arbitrary files, or possibly bypass authentication. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-2583)

Sebastien Macke discovered that the PAM pam_unix module incorrectly handled
large passwords. A local attacker could possibly use this issue in certain
environments to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-3238)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libpam-modules                  1.1.8-3.1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libpam-modules                  1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libpam-modules                  1.1.3-7ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2935-1
  CVE-2013-7041, CVE-2014-2583, CVE-2015-3238

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/1.1.8-3.1ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/1.1.3-7ubuntu2.1