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CVE-2010-4707

Published: Jan 24, 2011

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.

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

References

linuxpam-checkacl-dos(65036)

vdb-entry

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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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http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9

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vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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