CVE-2010-3435 | BDVDB-2026-44827 Detail
Description#
The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/24/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.