SUSE-SU-2016:1645-1: moderate: Security update for pam

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:1645-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #854480 #934920 #962220 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-7041 CVE-2015-3238
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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   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:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7041.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3238.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/854480
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/934920
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/962220



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