CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-4706

4.9 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])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

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 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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