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CVE-2010-3316

Description

The run_coprocess function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 does not check the return values of the setuid, setgid, and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to read arbitrary files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.4
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.038

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2010:0819) Moderate: pam security update pam-0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2010:0819) Moderate: pam security update pam-0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2010:0819) Moderate: pam security update pam-devel-0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2010:0819) Moderate: pam security update pam-devel-0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpmLinux
CVE-2010-3316NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234