CVE-2010-4707 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git;a=commit;h=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1 http://secunia.com/advisories/49711 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036