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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201605-05">
  <title>Linux-PAM: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Linux-PAM, allowing
    remote attackers to bypass the auth process and cause Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pam</product>
  <announced>2016-05-31</announced>
  <revised>2016-05-31: 1</revised>
  <bug>493432</bug>
  <bug>505604</bug>
  <bug>553302</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-libs/pam" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Linux-PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an architecture allowing
      the separation of the development of privilege granting software from the
      development of secure and appropriate authentication schemes.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Linux-PAM.  Please
      review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service, conduct brute force
      attacks, and conduct username enumeration.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Linux-PAM users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-libs/pam-1.2.1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7041">CVE-2013-7041</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2583">CVE-2014-2583</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3238">CVE-2015-3238</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3238">CVE-2015-3238</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-08-10T14:28:31Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-05-31T04:26:13Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>