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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1395-1

March 08, 2012

python-pam vulnerability

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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10

- Ubuntu 11.04

- Ubuntu 10.10

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

PyPAM could be made to crash or possibly run programs if it processed

a specially crafted password.

Software Description:

- python-pam: A Python interface to the PAM library

Details:

Markus Vervier discovered that PyPAM incorrectly handled passwords

containing NULL bytes. An attacker could exploit this to cause applications

using PyPAM to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following

package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:

  python-pam                      0.4.2-12.2ubuntu2.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04:

  python-pam                      0.4.2-12.2ubuntu2.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10:

  python-pam                      0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

  python-pam                      0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1.10.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart applications that use

PyPAM to make all the necessary changes.

References:

  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1395-1

  CVE-2012-1502

Package Information:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pam/0.4.2-12.2ubuntu2.11.10.1

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pam/0.4.2-12.2ubuntu2.11.04.1

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pam/0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1.10.10.1

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pam/0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1.10.04.1

Source:www.packetstormsecurity.net