Vulnerability Details CVE-2010-3853
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 38.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643043
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643043
Products affected by CVE-2010-3853
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.72
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.73
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.74
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.75
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.76
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.77
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.78
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.79
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.80
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.90
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.91
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.0.92
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.2