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openSUSE Security Update : pam_pkcs11 (openSUSE-2018-1250)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118385

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for pam_pkcs11 fixes the following security issues :

 - It was possible to replay an authentication by using a specially prepared smartcard or token (bsc#1105012)

 - Prevent buffer overflow if a user has a home directory with a length of more than 512 bytes (bsc#1105012)

 - Memory not cleaned properly before free() (bsc#1105012)

This non-security issue was fixed :

 - Fix segfault and fetch problems when checking CRLs

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected pam_pkcs11 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105012

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118385

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1250.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pkcs11-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pkcs11-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pkcs11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pkcs11-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2018