Security update for pam

SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1645-1
Rating: moderate
References: #854480 #934920 #962220
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    This update for pam fixes two security issues.

    These security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2015-3238: pam_unix in conjunction with SELinux allowed for DoS
    attacks (bsc#934920).
    - CVE-2013-7041: Compare password hashes case-sensitively (bsc#854480).

    This non-security issue was fixed:
    - bsc#962220: Don't fail when /var/log/btmp is corrupted

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-pam-12624=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-pam-12624=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-pam-12624=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • pam-devel-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • pam-devel-32bit-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • pam-1.1.5-0.17.2
      • pam-doc-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • pam-32bit-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • pam-x86-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • pam-debuginfo-1.1.5-0.17.2
      • pam-debugsource-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • pam-debuginfo-32bit-1.1.5-0.17.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • pam-debuginfo-x86-1.1.5-0.17.2

    References: