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CVE-2010-4708

Publication date 24 January 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pam_env PAM check.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pam 11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

this changes default behaviour, after discussion with slangasek, we should not change this in stable releases. Patch has been reverted upstream, no consensus as of 2011-06-08 Let's ignore this for now, and change the default in the dev release when upstream decides to change.