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CVE-2010-4706

Published: Jan 24, 2011

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

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Description

The pam_sm_close_session function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-3-g05dafc06cd3dfeb7c4b24942e4e1ae33ff75a123

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vendor-advisory

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[oss-security] 20101004 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

mailing-list

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vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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linuxpam-pamsmclosesession-weak-security(65035)

vdb-entry

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