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[linux-security] pam bugs



Topic
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Buffer overflow in pam.

Problem Description
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RedHat's pam package contains a modules pam_localuser.  Although this module
is not used in any default configurations, the version included was vulnerable
to a buffer overflow.
The update removes this vulnerability and fixes various other bugs.

Affected Systems
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RedHat (and distributions derived from Redhat; Mandrake?)

Solution
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RedHat 6.x
rpm -Fvh pam-0.72-20.6.x.i386.rpm

RedHat 7.0
rpm -Fvh pam-0.72-37.i386.rpm