CVE-2010-4708

Publication date 24 January 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user’s home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pam_env PAM check.

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Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pam	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	9.10 karmic	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

this changes default behaviour, after discussion with slangasek, we should not change this in stable releases. Patch has been reverted upstream, no consensus as of 2011-06-08 Let’s ignore this for now, and change the default in the dev release when upstream decides to change.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pam	Upstream: http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml?r1=1.7&r2=1.8 Upstream: http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_env/pam_env.c?r1=1.22&r2=1.23 Upstream: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=linux-pam.git;a=commit;h=f4aba7f47b87984fda3c5533b03b08a85e4ce81b

CVE-2010-4708

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mdeslaur

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