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CVE-2010-4706

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Description

The pam_sm_close_session function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth 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 pam_xauth PAM check.

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://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-3-g05dafc06cd3dfeb7c4b24942e4e1ae33ff75a123(cve@mitre.org)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/49711(cve@mitre.org)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65035(cve@mitre.org)

http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-3-g05dafc06cd3dfeb7c4b24942e4e1ae33ff75a123(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1(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.securityfocus.com/bid/46045(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65035(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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