cve-2010-3853
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-01-24 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:26
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49711
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643043Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13Patch
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643043Patch
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