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TITLE:
Red Hat update for pam

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27590

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27590/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for pam. This fixes a vulnerability and
a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
disclose sensitive information and by malicious users to inject
certain data.

1) An error exists in pam_console when setting console device
permissions. This can lead to various console devices retaining
ownership of the console user after logging out and may allow the
disclosure of sensitive information to another local user.

2) An error within the "linux_audit_record_event()" function can be
exploited to inject invalid character sequences into log entries via
a specially crafted account name.

This is related to:
SA27235

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0555.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27235:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27235/

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