CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-3853

Published: Jan 24, 2011 | Modified: Jan 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

pam_namespace.c in the pam_namespace module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.3 uses the environment of the invoking application or service during execution of the namespace.init script, which might allow local users to gain privileges by running a setuid program that relies on the pam_namespace PAM check, as demonstrated by the sudo program.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux-pam Linux-pam * 1.1.2 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.1.0 (including) 0.99.1.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.2.0 (including) 0.99.2.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.2.1 (including) 0.99.2.1 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.3.0 (including) 0.99.3.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.4.0 (including) 0.99.4.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.5.0 (including) 0.99.5.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.0 (including) 0.99.6.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.1 (including) 0.99.6.1 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.2 (including) 0.99.6.2 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.6.3 (including) 0.99.6.3 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.7.0 (including) 0.99.7.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.7.1 (including) 0.99.7.1 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.8.0 (including) 0.99.8.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.8.1 (including) 0.99.8.1 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.9.0 (including) 0.99.9.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 0.99.10.0 (including) 0.99.10.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.0 (including) 1.0.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.1 (including) 1.0.1 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.2 (including) 1.0.2 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.3 (including) 1.0.3 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.0.4 (including) 1.0.4 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.0 (including) 1.1.0 (including)
Linux-pam Linux-pam 1.1.1 (including) 1.1.1 (including)

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