Mend.io Vulnerability Database

What is a CVE vulnerability ID? icon What is a WS vulnerability ID? icon What is an MSC vulnerability ID? icon
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
icon

We found results for “”

CVE-2010-4707

Date: January 24, 2011

The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036
http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4707
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4707
http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4707

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
Additional information:

Do you need more information?

Contact Us