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ELSA-2007-0465 Moderate: Enterprise Linux pam security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2007-0465 Moderate: Enterprise Linux pam security and bug fix update

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/31/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cdrecord
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cdrecord-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mkisofs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-pam
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-pam-devel

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