CVE-2010-3435
Publication date 24 January 2011
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pam | ||
Notes
mdeslaur
All patched below are needed, only two first were included in 1.1.2, and second introduced CVE-2010-3430 and CVE-2010-3431, which is fixed by second patch.
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References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-1140-1
- PAM vulnerabilities
- 30 May 2011