SUSE-SU-2014:0631-1: moderate: Security update for pam

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0631-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #848417 #870433 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-2583
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
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   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
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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