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TITLE:
SUSE update for pam

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46709

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-03

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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for pam. This fixes a security issue and
two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users
to potentially perform certain actions with escalated privileges,
cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA40978
SA46583

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SU-2011:1205-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00003.html

SUSE-SU-2011:1207-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00004.html

SUSE-SU-2011:1209-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00006.html

openSUSE-SU-2011:1208-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00005.html

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