CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-3853

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2011-01-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-01-24
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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 configurations

• linux-pam linux-pam (<= 1.1.2) • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.1.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.2.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.2.1 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.3.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.4.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.5.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.1 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.2 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.3 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.7.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.7.1 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.8.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.8.1 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.9.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.10.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.1 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.2 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.3 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.4 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.1.0 • linux-pam linux-pam 1.1.1

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