CVE-2010-3316

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

The run_coprocess function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 does not check the return values of the setuid, setgid, and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to read arbitrary files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

The run_coprocess function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 does not check the return values of the setuid, setgid, and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to read arbitrary files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Linux-PAM

First reported 14 years ago

2011-01-24 18:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-01-03 15:01:00

Affected Software

Linux-PAM 0.99.1.0

0.99.1.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.2.0

0.99.2.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.2.1

0.99.2.1

Linux-PAM 0.99.3.0

0.99.3.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.4.0

0.99.4.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.5.0

0.99.5.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.6.0

0.99.6.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.6.1

0.99.6.1

Linux-PAM 0.99.6.2

0.99.6.2

Linux-PAM 0.99.6.3

0.99.6.3

Linux-PAM 0.99.7.0

0.99.7.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.7.1

0.99.7.1

Linux-PAM 0.99.8.0

0.99.8.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.8.1

0.99.8.1

Linux-PAM 0.99.9.0

0.99.9.0

Linux-PAM 0.99.10.0

0.99.10.0

Linux-PAM 1.0.0

1.0.0

Linux-PAM 1.0.1

1.0.1

Linux-PAM 1.0.2

1.0.2

Linux-PAM 1.0.3

1.0.3

Linux-PAM 1.0.4

1.0.4

Linux-PAM 1.1.0

1.1.0

References

http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git;a=commit;h=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6

Patch

[security-announce] 20110307 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm

[oss-security] 20100816 Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

[oss-security] 20100921 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

[oss-security] 20100921 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

[oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

[oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

[oss-security] 20101025 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

49711

GLSA-201206-31

MDVSA-2010:220

[oss-security] 20100924 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth

Patch

RHSA-2010:0819

RHSA-2010:0891

20110308 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm.

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html

ADV-2011-0606

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637898

Patch

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3028213&group_id=6663&atid=106663

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