- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0336 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
pam bug fix, and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated pam packages that resolve several bugs, and add support for SHA256
and SHA512 password hashes are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system whereby
administrators can set up authentication policies without having to
recompile programs that handle authentication.
The updated PAM packages add support for new password hash methods -
SHA256, and SHA512 - in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
Additionally, these updated packages address the following issues:
- the "in" operator of the pam_succeed_if module was broken; it sometimes
did not match list values properly.
- the "audit" option of the pam_tally and pam_tally2 modules erroneously
set other options of the module.
- in rare circumstances, the pam_xauth module could pass bogus data into
the environment of the login shell.
All users of PAM are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues and add these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 295151 - The "in" operator to pam_succeed_if appears to be broken
- BZ - 328281 - Pam_tally audit option is defective
- BZ - 402391 - pam_xauth frees putenv'd string
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 821d21b983e4d04b4cb769de0d9bd00a551af8bfbf1a26706538938ee1307f75 |
x86_64 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 627f48271f82430f07ccb2815da2edc33c0b582c75068a65510d0f97be90deff |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6263010739af16cae3bd83a095c88d872ca1526b516aae3bc160e82dea30c2a1 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: add04ff558adf01fc1afbb5e34e926a025ec480642e7c02e833b61defbf196cd |
ia64 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e9e6ec0de0e7b3da57b6e2fa60b8b992dc7c678e9ea96dea957fc6aceeb26a4f |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 991dfb95b95e21f3dcc019179a20edca96536dca28c2b53d95350d1d787664f2 |
i386 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6263010739af16cae3bd83a095c88d872ca1526b516aae3bc160e82dea30c2a1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 821d21b983e4d04b4cb769de0d9bd00a551af8bfbf1a26706538938ee1307f75 |
x86_64 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 627f48271f82430f07ccb2815da2edc33c0b582c75068a65510d0f97be90deff |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6263010739af16cae3bd83a095c88d872ca1526b516aae3bc160e82dea30c2a1 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: add04ff558adf01fc1afbb5e34e926a025ec480642e7c02e833b61defbf196cd |
i386 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6263010739af16cae3bd83a095c88d872ca1526b516aae3bc160e82dea30c2a1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 821d21b983e4d04b4cb769de0d9bd00a551af8bfbf1a26706538938ee1307f75 |
x86_64 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 627f48271f82430f07ccb2815da2edc33c0b582c75068a65510d0f97be90deff |
i386 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 821d21b983e4d04b4cb769de0d9bd00a551af8bfbf1a26706538938ee1307f75 |
s390x | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: d8259734abec2ea9d599c62af0574ae96aefaf0d787c9ef88891f9e2b6759884 |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ee6f1c7abdd2b7b1c5bbcb57dc504336ca18da2f0ab05dfc4f1206d04d070c01 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: f2608999384af6a796f54ba61fce0a77afd0ec6395f53920cb4f657bb9da3e14 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: a4491caf7e6f715ca8b560e02c924726c10d39cfefdaea58a95c4690d7daab51 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 821d21b983e4d04b4cb769de0d9bd00a551af8bfbf1a26706538938ee1307f75 |
ppc | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2664118d97edfed37998ee063ca0f58c0db4542824e9019e42a39679521a4aad |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: ca941a354efc73271eaa76eee1439d7a85faa0588bd4e527f3df2ff6dff8e7e9 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d92938069d1d7fb6d03a4cbcd738312c521ebb7e84d385427e34efa8f20f99b0 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: f64ac5497f73f01c86eacc002f8895708e661ff8a542720b39a209ea15006afe |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 821d21b983e4d04b4cb769de0d9bd00a551af8bfbf1a26706538938ee1307f75 |
x86_64 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 627f48271f82430f07ccb2815da2edc33c0b582c75068a65510d0f97be90deff |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6263010739af16cae3bd83a095c88d872ca1526b516aae3bc160e82dea30c2a1 |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: add04ff558adf01fc1afbb5e34e926a025ec480642e7c02e833b61defbf196cd |
i386 | |
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: efbf21d36c6f385dafb4232c515b517bfce8df067da02fedfa107625896d3fcf |
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6263010739af16cae3bd83a095c88d872ca1526b516aae3bc160e82dea30c2a1 |
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