CVE-2010-4708

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pam_env PAM check.

The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pam_env PAM check.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux-PAM

First reported 14 years ago

2011-01-24 19:00:00

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

Linux-PAM 1.1.1

1.1.1

References

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

Patch

http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml?r1=1.7&r2=1.8

http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_env/pam_env.c?r1=1.22&r2=1.23

Patch

49711

GLSA-201206-31

46046

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335

Patch

linuxpam-pamenv-priv-escalation(65037)

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