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CVE-2010-3316

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Date: January 24, 2011

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

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

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Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3

Url: http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637898

Url: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3028213&group_id=6663&atid=106663

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/8

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/2

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3316

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

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/24/2

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606

Url: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3316

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/16/2

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49711

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-3316

Severity Score

4.0

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2010-3316

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Date: January 24, 2011

Language: C

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