CVE-2010-3431

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3431
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2010-3431.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2010-3431
Related
Published
2011-01-24T18:00:01Z
Modified
2024-06-30T12:00:03Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The privilege-dropping implementation in the (1) pamenv and (2) pammail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 does not check the return value of the setfsuid system call, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an unintended uid, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-3435.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}