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CVE-2010-4706

Published: Jan 24, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4706
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The pam_sm_close_session function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux-pamLinux-pam*1.1.2 (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)
Linux-pamLinux-pam1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
PamUbuntudapper*
PamUbuntudevel*
PamUbuntuhardy*
PamUbuntukarmic*
PamUbuntulucid*
PamUbuntumaverick*
PamUbuntunatty*
PamUbuntuupstream*

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