CVE-2010-4707
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-01-24 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:55
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.04% (0.05048)
Summary
The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49711
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036
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