Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704555
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4555-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pam-python' package(s) announced via the DSA-4555-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pam-python' package(s) announced via the DSA-4555-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Malte Kraus discovered that libpam-python, a PAM module allowing PAM modules to be written in Python, didn't sanitise environment variables which could result in local privilege escalation if used with a setuid binary. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-1.1+deb9u1. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your pam-python packages. For the detailed security status of pam-python please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'pam-python' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-16729 Debian Security Information: DSA-4555 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1 https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe/ https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2/
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