Synopsis: Moderate: pam security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2015:1640-1
Issue Date: 2015-08-18
CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-3238
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It was discovered that the _unix_run_helper_binary() function of PAM’s
unix_pam module could write to a blocking pipe, possibly causing the
function to become unresponsive. An attacker able to supply large
passwords to the unix_pam module could use this flaw to enumerate valid
user accounts, or cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-3238)
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SL6
x86_64
pam-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
pam-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm
pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm
pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm
i386
pam-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm
SL7
x86_64
pam-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.i686.rpm
pam-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm
pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.i686.rpm
pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm
pam-devel-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.i686.rpm
pam-devel-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
