CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-4707

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:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-399

Description

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.

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

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References