Recommended update for pam

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3620-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains two features can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pam fixes the following issues:

  • Check if the password is part of the username. (jsc#SLE-16719, jsc#SLE-16720)
  • Check whether the password contains a substring of of the user's name of at least <N> characters length in some form. This is enabled by the new parameter usersubstr=<N>

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-3620=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-3620=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-3620=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2020-3620=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-debugsource-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-devel-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • pam-doc-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • pam-32bit-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-32bit-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-debugsource-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-devel-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • pam-doc-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • pam-32bit-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-extra-32bit-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-devel-32bit-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-debugsource-1.3.0-6.26.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-devel-32bit-1.3.0-6.26.1
    • pam-debugsource-1.3.0-6.26.1

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