Security update for pam
SUSE Security Update: Security update for pam
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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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0631-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #848417 #870433 |
| Affected Products: |
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
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