CVE-2010-4707

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/49711

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1

http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3