Source: pam
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for pam.

CVE-2009-0887[0]:
| Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in
| libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a
| configuration file contains non-ASCII usernames, might allow remote
| attackers to cause a denial of service, and might allow remote
| authenticated users to obtain login access with a different user's
| non-ASCII username, via a login attempt.

Upstream patch:
http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/libpam/pam_misc.c?r1=1.9&r2=1.10&view=patch

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0887
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-0887

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