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USN-1140-1: PAM vulnerabilities

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USN-1140-1: PAM vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/24/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpam-modules

References

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