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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.0791 Security update for pam 21 May 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: pam Publisher: SUSE Operating System: SUSE UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Create Arbitrary Files -- Existing Account Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account Reduced Security -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-2583 Original Bulletin: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140631-1.html Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than SUSE. It is recommended that administrators running pam check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security update for pam SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0631-1 Rating: moderate References: #848417 #870433 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. Description: This update changes the broken default behavior of pam_pwhistory to not enforce checks when the root user requests password changes. In order to enforce pwhistory checks on the root user, the "enforce_for_root" parameter needs to be set for the pam_pwhistory.so module. This pam update fixes the following security and non-security issues: * bnc#870433: Fixed pam_timestamp path injection problem (CVE-2014-2583) * bnc#848417: Fixed pam_pwhistory root password enforcement when resetting non-root user's password Security Issue references: * CVE-2014-2583 > Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-pam-9119 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-pam-9119 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-pam-9119 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-pam-9119 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): pam-devel-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64): pam-devel-32bit-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64): pam-1.1.5-0.12.1 pam-doc-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64): pam-32bit-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): pam-1.1.5-0.12.1 pam-doc-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64): pam-32bit-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64): pam-x86-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): pam-1.1.5-0.12.1 pam-doc-1.1.5-0.12.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64): pam-32bit-1.1.5-0.12.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2583.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/848417 https://bugzilla.novell.com/870433 http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=27475b4ff1af664e165515820a6769ef - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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