Security update for pam

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3965-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-17953 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2018-17953 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pam fixes the following issue:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-17953: Fixed IP address and subnet handling of pam_access.so that was not honoured correctly when a single host was specified (bsc#1115640).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2825=1
  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-2825=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-1.3.0-6.6.1
    • pam-devel-1.3.0-6.6.1
    • pam-debugsource-1.3.0-6.6.1
    • pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • pam-doc-1.3.0-6.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • pam-32bit-1.3.0-6.6.1
    • pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.6.1
  • Development Tools Module 15 (x86_64)
    • pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-6.6.1
    • pam-debugsource-1.3.0-6.6.1
    • pam-devel-32bit-1.3.0-6.6.1

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