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   openSUSE Security Update: pam: fixing stack overflow (CVE-2011-3148) and DoS 
(CVE-2011-3149)
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2011:1204-1
Rating:             important
References:         #724480 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3148 CVE-2011-3149
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes two 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.


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch pam-5330

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      pam-1.1.3-4.9.1
      pam-devel-1.1.3-4.9.1
      pam-doc-1.1.3-4.9.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

      pam-32bit-1.1.3-4.9.1
      pam-devel-32bit-1.1.3-4.9.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3148.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3149.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/724480

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