- Issued:
- 2012-04-16
- Updated:
- 2012-04-16
RHEA-2012:0482 - pam enhancement update
Synopsis
pam enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
Updated pam packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system to set up authentication policies without the need to recompile programs to handle authentication.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- The pam_cracklib is a PAM module for password-quality checking used by various applications. With this update, the pam_cracklib module has been improved with additional password-quality checks. The pam_cracklib module now allows to check whether a new password contains the words from the GECOS field from entries in the "/etc/passwd" file. The GECOS field is used to store additional information about the user, such as the user's full name or a phone number, which could be used by an attacker for an attempt to crack the password. The pam_cracklib module now also allows to specify the maximum allowed number of consecutive characters of the same class (lowercase, uppercase, number and special characters) in a password. (BZ#809370)
All users of pam are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Storage | 2.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) | 2.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise | 2.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.2 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.2 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 6.2 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- pam-devel-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
- pam-devel-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- pam-devel-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- pam-devel-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.src.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
- pam-devel-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
- pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
- pam-devel-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.