SuSE 11.3 Security Update : pam (SAT Patch Number 9119)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73979

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

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 :

- Fixed pam_timestamp path injection problem.
(CVE-2014-2583). (bnc#870433)

- Fixed pam_pwhistory root password enforcement when resetting non-root user's password. (bnc#848417)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9119.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848417

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870433

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2583.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73979

File Name: suse_11_pam-140410.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:pam, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:pam-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:pam-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2583