| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pam (PTS) | jessie | 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.1.8-3.6 | fixed |
| buster | 1.3.1-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.4.0-9+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.5.3-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pam | source | (unstable) | 1.1.3-1 | low | | |
Notes
[lenny] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)