pam: pam_xauth: Does not check if certain ACL file is a regular file

The checkacl function in pamxauth.c in the pamxauth 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...

pam: pam_env: reading ~/.pam_environment is security risk

The pamenv module in Linux-PAM aka pam 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pamenvironment file in a user's home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pamenv PAM check...

Fedora Update for pam FEDORA-2010-17112

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

RedHat Update for pam RHSA-2010:0819-01

Check for the Version of pam OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for pam RHSA-2010:0819-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

PAM authentuication modules multiple security vulnerabilities

Different vulnerabilities in pamxauth, pammail, pamnamespace modules...

[ MDVSA-2010:220 ] pam

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:220 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ Package : pam Date : November 4, 2010 Affected: 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010.0, 2010.1, Enterprise Server 5.0 Problem Description: Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and...

Fedora 14 : pam-1.1.1-6.fc14 (2010-17155)

This update fixes moderate vulnerabilities in pamenv, pamnamespace, pammail, and pamxauth modules. Default configurations or configurations generated by authconfig are not affected by the pammail and pamnamespace vulnerabilities. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: pam-1.1.1-6.fc14

PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication...

Fedora 13 : pam-1.1.1-6.fc13 (2010-17112)

This update fixes moderate vulnerabilities in pamenv, pamnamespace, pammail, and pamxauth modules. Default configurations or configurations generated by authconfig are not affected by the pammail and pamnamespace vulnerabilities. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pam (MDVSA-2010:220)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in pam : The pamxauth module did not verify the return values of the setuid and setgid system calls. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to execute the xauth command with root privileges and make it read an arbitrary input file...

RHEL 5 : pam (RHSA-2010:0819)

Updated pam packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

pam security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0819 Updated pam packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score...

pam: pam_namespace executes namespace.init with service's environment

pamnamespace.c in the pamnamespace module in Linux-PAM aka pam before 1.1.3 uses the environment of the invoking application or service during execution of the namespace.init script, which might allow local users to gain privileges by running a setuid program that relies on the pamnamespace PAM...

pam: pam_xauth missing return value checks from setuid() and similar calls

The runcoprocess function in pamxauth.c in the pamxauth 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 pamxauth PAM check...

pam: pam_xauth: Does not check if certain ACL file is a regular file

The checkacl function in pamxauth.c in the pamxauth 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...

pam security update

0.99.6.2-6.2 - fix insecure dropping of priviledges in pamxauth and pammail - CVE-2010-3316 637898, CVE-2010-3435 641335 - fix insecure executing of scripts with user supplied environment variables in pamnamespace - CVE-2010-3853 643043...

PT-2010-1042 · Linux +1 · Linux-Pam +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux-PAM versions prior to 1.1.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux pam-devel version 1.1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux pam-debuginfo version 1.1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux pam version 1.1.1 Description: The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the...

Ubuntu 10.10 : pam vulnerability (USN-959-2)

USN-959-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.10. Denis Excoffier discovered that the PAM MOTD module in Ubuntu did not correctly handle path permissions when creating user file stamps. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root...

USN-959-2: PAM vulnerability

USN-959-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.10. Original advisory details: Denis Excoffier discovered that the PAM MOTD module in Ubuntu did not correctly handle path permissions when creating user file stamps. A local attacker could exploi...

Fedora 13 : quagga-0.99.17-1.fc13 (2010-14009)

Tue Aug 31 2010 Jiri Skala - 0.99.17-1 - update to latest upstream - fixes 628981 - CVE-2010-2948 and CVE-2010-2949 - Fri Jun 11 2010 Jiri Skala - 0.99.15-3 - fixes 602851 - ships PAM config file, even though PAM is disabled - Tue Jan 26 2010 Jiri Skala - 0.99.15-2 - changes in spec file and init...