SuSE 10 Security Update : pam (ZYPP Patch Number 7814)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57239

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

The pam_env module is vulnerable to a stack overflow (CVE-2011-3148) and a DoS condition (CVE-2011-3149) when parsing users .pam_environment files. Additionally a missing return value check inside pam_xauth has been fixed. (CVE-2010-3316)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 7814.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3316.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3148.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3149.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57239

File Name: suse_pam-7814.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3316, CVE-2011-3148, CVE-2011-3149