Synopsis: Moderate: pam security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2015:1640-1 Issue Date: 2015-08-18 CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-3238 -- It was discovered that the _unix_run_helper_binary() function of PAM's unix_pam module could write to a blocking pipe, possibly causing the function to become unresponsive. An attacker able to supply large passwords to the unix_pam module could use this flaw to enumerate valid user accounts, or cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-3238) -- SL6 x86_64 pam-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm pam-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm i386 pam-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6_7.1.i686.rpm SL7 x86_64 pam-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.i686.rpm pam-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.i686.rpm pam-debuginfo-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm pam-devel-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.i686.rpm pam-devel-1.1.8-12.el7_1.1.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team