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CVE-2010-4707

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
24/01/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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