TITLE:
Novell CASA pam_micasa Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18995

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http://secunia.com/advisories/18995/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Novell Common Authentication Service Adapter (CASA) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/8262/
Novell Open Enterprise Server
http://secunia.com/product/4664/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Novell CASA, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the CASA PAM
handler (pam_micasa authentication module). This can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow and allows arbitrary code
execution.

The vulnerability has been reported in CASA included with:
* Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86 (i386)
* Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64 (x86_64)
* Open Enterprise Server (i386)

SOLUTION:
Apply updates.

Updates are available via Red Carpet or from the maintenance web:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?psdb/eb79800a3d8a5cb6599b75e30f0ba133.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_10_casa.html

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