Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842697
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2935-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'pam' package(s) announced via the USN-2935-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'pam' package(s) announced via the USN-2935-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that the PAM pam_userdb module incorrectly used a case-insensitive method when comparing hashed passwords. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to make brute force attacks easier. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-7041) Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the PAM pam_timestamp module incorrectly performed filtering. A local attacker could use this issue to create arbitrary files, or possibly bypass authentication. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-2583) Sebastien Macke discovered that the PAM pam_unix module incorrectly handled large passwords. A local attacker could possibly use this issue in certain environments to enumerate usernames or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3238) Affected Software/OS: 'pam' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-7041 BugTraq ID: 64180 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64180 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/16 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-2583 BugTraq ID: 66493 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6 http://secunia.com/advisories/57317 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3238 75428 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428 FEDORA-2015-10830 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html FEDORA-2015-10848 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html GLSA-201605-05 RHSA-2015:1640 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.html USN-2935-1 USN-2935-2 USN-2935-3 [oss-security] 20150625 Linux-PAM 1.2.1 released to address CVE-2015-3238 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571 https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551 https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/
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