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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73979

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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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73979

File Name: suse_11_pam-140410.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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

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