USN-5825-2: PAM regressions

24173

22 May 2023

22 May 2023

CLOSED

LOW

CVE-2022-28321

Severity

negligible

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

USN-5825-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. Unfortunately that update was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PAM did not correctly restrict login from an IP address that is not resolvable via DNS. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5825-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libpam-runtime - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 libpam0g-dev - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 libpam-modules - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 libpam-modules-bin - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 libpam-doc - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 libpam-cracklib - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 libpam0g - 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2.3+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-28321

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is negligible unless otherwise noted.

  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.31
    • 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.24
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.29, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.418
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.19, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.418
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.14, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.418
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.7, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.83
    • 4.0.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.83
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.53
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.4
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.35, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.418
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.24, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.418
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.17, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.418
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.7, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.83
    • 4.0.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.83

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.31
    • 5.0.24
    • 5.1.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.29, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.418 or greater
    • 2.12.19, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.418 or greater
    • 2.13.14, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.418 or greater
    • 3.0.7, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.83 or greater
    • 4.0.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.83 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.53
    • 3.0.4
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.35, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.418 or greater
    • 2.12.24, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.418 or greater
    • 2.13.17, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.418 or greater
    • 3.0.7, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.83 or greater
    • 4.0.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.83 or greater

References

History

2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.