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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2014.0791
                          Security update for pam
                                21 May 2014

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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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.

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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
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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

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