CVE-2010-3853

N/A

Description

pam_namespace.c in the pam_namespace 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 pam_namespace PAM check, as demonstrated by the sudo program.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published1/24/2011

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux-pam:linux-pam

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49711(secalert@redhat.com)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643043(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49711(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643043(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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