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CVE-2010-3435

Published: Jan 24, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
1.2 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3435
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 users home directory.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux-pamLinux-pam*1.1.1 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.1.0 (including)0.99.1.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.2.0 (including)0.99.2.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.2.1 (including)0.99.2.1 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.3.0 (including)0.99.3.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.4.0 (including)0.99.4.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.5.0 (including)0.99.5.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.6.0 (including)0.99.6.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.6.1 (including)0.99.6.1 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.6.2 (including)0.99.6.2 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.6.3 (including)0.99.6.3 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.7.0 (including)0.99.7.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.7.1 (including)0.99.7.1 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.8.0 (including)0.99.8.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.8.1 (including)0.99.8.1 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.9.0 (including)0.99.9.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam0.99.10.0 (including)0.99.10.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpam-0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpam-0:1.1.1-4.el6_0.1*
PamUbuntudapper*
PamUbuntuhardy*
PamUbuntukarmic*
PamUbuntulucid*
PamUbuntumaverick*
PamUbuntunatty*
PamUbuntuupstream*

References

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