CVE-2010-4707

Description

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.

Affected packages (1)

• Debian/pamfrom 0, < 1.1.3-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4707