CVE-2010-4706
EPSS 0.05%Published: 1/24/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4706
Description
The pam_sm_close_session function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pamfrom 0, < 1.1.3-1