CVE-2010-3316
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The run_coprocess function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 does not check the return values of the setuid, setgid, and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to read arbitrary files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3314)
- Published
- January 24, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3314 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
References
- http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/16/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/8(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/2(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/24/2(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637898(Patch)
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3028213&group_id=6663&atid=106663
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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