Executive Summary

Summary
Title PAM vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-959-2 First vendor Publication 2010-10-25
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2010-10-25
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 10.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
libpam-modules 1.1.1-4ubuntu2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Details follow:

USN-959-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.10.

Original advisory details:

Denis Excoffier discovered that the PAM MOTD module in Ubuntu did
not correctly handle path permissions when creating user file stamps.
A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privilieges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-959-2

Alert History

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2016-04-27 00:36:58
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 12:06:55
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:56:27
  • Multiple Updates