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CVE-2010-3435
Published: Jan 24, 2011
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20100921 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
GLSA-201206-31
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
ADV-2011-0606
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
[oss-security] 20100924 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
MDVSA-2010:220
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
49711
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2010:0891
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20101025 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2010:0819
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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