Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting linux-pam/linux-pam package, versions [,1.1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LINUXPAMLINUXPAM-2319005
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed24 Jan 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-3316  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade linux-pam/linux-pam to version 1.1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1