[TL-Security-Announce] PAM TLSA2000009-2

[Joe Little <jlittle () TURBOLINUX COM>]

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                        TurboLinux Security Announcement


        Package: pam-0.70-2 and earlier (UPDATED -- includes 0.72-4)
        Date:  Fri Aug 10 15:00 PDT 2000

        Affected TurboLinux versions: 6.0.5 and earlier
        Vulnerability Type: Denial of Service possible (updated)
        TurboLinux Advisory ID#:  TLSA2000009-2
        BugTraq ID#: 913
        Credits:  This vulnerability was posted to Bugtraq in a L0pht
        security advisory written by Dildog on January 4, 2000.
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A security hole was discovered in the packages mentioned above.
Please update the packages in your installation as soon as possible or
disable the service.
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1. Problem Summary

   This is an update to TurboLinux Security Advisory TLSA2000009-1. Our
   pam package (0.70 up to and including 0.72-4) incorrectly lacked one
   configuration file (/etc/pam.d/other).

2. Impact

   A denial of service attack can be made against the PAM auth system.

3. Solution

  Update the packages from our ftp server by running the following command:

  rpm -Fvh ftp_path_to_filename

  Where ftp_path_to_filename is the following:

  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/pam-0.72-5.i386.rpm

  The source rpm can be downloaded here:

  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-5.src.rpm

  **Note: You must rebuild and install the rpm if you choose to download
  and install the srpm.  Simply installing the srpm alone WILL NOT CLOSE
  THE SECURITY HOLE.

  Please verify the md5 checksum of the update before you install:

  MD5 sum                               Package Name
- - ------------------------------------------------------------
71372020a4dadeed1ad28d9b46df35da  pam-0.72-5.i386.rpm
dd700e6dff00ca5861b01758838166a8  pam-0.72-5.src.rpm
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These packages are GPG signed by Turbolinux for security. Our key
is available here:

 http://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey.asc

To verify a package, use the following command:

 rpm --checksig name_of_rpm

To examine only the md5sum, use the following command:

 rpm --checksig --nogpg name_of_rpm

**Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher.
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You can find more updates on our ftp server:

  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/ for TL6.0 Workstation
  and Server security updates
  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/4.0/security/ for TL4.0 Workstation
  and Server security updates

Our webpage for security announcements:

  http://www.turbolinux.com/security

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact:

  rt-security () turbolinux com
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