CVE-2010-3435 Affecting pam-devel package, versions <0:1.1.1-4.el6_0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PAMDEVEL-2453493
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2011

Introduced: 24 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-3435  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 pam-devel to version 0:1.1.1-4.el6_0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2010-0891.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam-devel package and not the pam-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.

CVSS Scores

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