PT-2011-1658 · Linux · Linux-Pam

Published 2011-01-24 · Updated 2019-01-03 · CVE-2010-4706

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux-PAM versions 1.1.2 and earlier

Description The issue arises from the pam sm close session function in the pam xauth module, which does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid. This might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pam xauth PAM check.

Recommendations For Linux-PAM versions 1.1.2 and earlier, consider updating to a version that addresses this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4706

Affected Products

Linux-Pam

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4706 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4706 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4706 · Security Note
• http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-3-g05dafc06cd3dfeb7c4b24942e4e1ae33ff75a123 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/46045 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65035 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49711 · Note