NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 (SP) : pam Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2026-0005)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06 SP, has pam packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - 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...

SUSE CVE-2002-1160

The default configuration of the pamxauth module forwards MIT-Magic-Cookies to new X sessions, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by stealing the cookies from a temporary .xauth file, which is created with the original user's credentials after root uses su...

SUSE CVE-2010-3316

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...

SUSE CVE-2010-4706

The pamsmclosesession function in pamxauth.c in the pamxauth module in Linux-PAM aka pam 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pamxauth PAM check...

SUSE CVE-2010-4707

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4706

The pamsmclosesession function in pamxauth.c in the pamxauth module in Linux-PAM aka pam 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pamxauth PAM check...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4707

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...

PT-2011-1658

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux-PAM versions 1.1.2 and earlier Description The issue arises from the pam sm close session function in the pam xauth module, which does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid. This might allow local users to delet...

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_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...

PT-2010-1044

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux-PAM versions 1.1.2 and earlier pam-devel-1.1.1 pam-debuginfo-1.1.1 pam-1.1.1 Description The issue is related to the pam xauth module in Linux-PAM, specifically the check acl function, which does not verify that a certain ACL file is a...