openSUSE Security Update: pam: fixing stack overflow (CVE-2011-3148), a
 local DoS (CVE-2011-3149) and CVE-2010-3316.
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2011:1208-1
Rating:             important
References:         #631802 #724480 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-3316 CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.3
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

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).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.3:

      zypper in -t patch pam-5331

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

      pam-1.1.1.90-2.3.1
      pam-devel-1.1.1.90-2.3.1

   - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):

      pam-32bit-1.1.1.90-2.3.1
      pam-devel-32bit-1.1.1.90-2.3.1

   - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch):

      pam-doc-1.1.1.90-2.3.1


References:

   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
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/631802
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/724480

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