Detections
Analytics
openSUSE Security Update : pam (openSUSE-SU-2011:1208-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 75704
Language:
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.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
Update the affected pam packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631802
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=724480
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-11/msg00003.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 75704
File Name: suse_11_3_pam-111025.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/13/2014
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam-32bit
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2011