VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4707

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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.

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