SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : pam_pkcs11 (SUSE-SU-2018:3311-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118347

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for pam_pkcs11 provides the following fixes :

Security issues fixed (bsc#1105012) :

Fixed a logic bug in pampkcs11.c, leading to an authentication replay vulnerability

Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in opensshmapper.c

Make sure memory is properly cleaned before invoking free()

Other changes: Add a systemd service file. (bsc#1049219)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2378=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2378=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118347

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3311-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/24/2018

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pam_pkcs11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pam_pkcs11-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pam_pkcs11

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018

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