CVE - CVE-2010-3435

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3435	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20110308 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm. URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded MLIST:[oss-security] 20100921 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100924 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/24/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/8 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101025 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/2 MLIST:[security-announce] 20110307 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm URL:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html CONFIRM:http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git;a=commit;h=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335 CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html GENTOO:GLSA-201206-31 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2010:220 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220 REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0819 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0891 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html SECUNIA:49711 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49711 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0606 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
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Date Entry Created
20100917	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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