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CVE-2010-3435 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6 CVE
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3 CVEPatch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10 CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4 CVEPatch

see all 38 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux-pam linux-pam
<= 1.1.1
0.99.1.0
0.99.2.0
0.99.2.1
0.99.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

30 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3435
NVD Published Date:
Jan 24, 2011
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-3435 Details - Not Deferred