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SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
The SUSE operating system must be configured to not overwrite Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration on package changes.
The SUSE operating system must be configured to not overwrite Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration on package changes.
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The SUSE operating system must be configured to not overwrite Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration on package changes.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>"pam-config" is a command line utility that automatically generates a system PAM configuration as packages are installed, updated or removed from the system. "pam-config" removes configurations for PAM modules and parameters that it does not know about. It may render ineffective PAM configuration by the system administrator and thus impact system security.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>