Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51044
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:304
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2004:304. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set an authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication. These updates fix a potential security problem present in the pam_wheel module. These updates correct a bug in the pam_lastlog module which prevented it from properly manipulating the /var/log/lastlog entry for users with very high user IDs. The pam_wheel module is used to restrict access to a particular service based on group membership. If the pam_wheel module was used with the trust option enabled, but without the use_uid option, any local user would be able to spoof the username returned by getlogin(). The user could therefore gain access to a superuser account without supplying a password. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, pam_wheel is not used by default. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0388 to this issue. When manipulating the entry in /var/log/lastlog, which corresponds to a given user, the pam_lastlog module calculates the location of the entry by multiplying the UID and the length of an entry in the file. On some systems, the result of this calculation would mistakenly be truncated to 32 bits for users with sufficiently high UIDs. All users of pam should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-304.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0388 Bugtraq: 20030616 FW: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 06.16.03: Linux-PAM getlogin() Spoofing (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105577915506761&w=2 http://www.idefense.com/advisory/06.16.03.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-304.html
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