DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3430

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3430
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3430.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3430
Upstream
Published
2011-01-24T18:00:01Z
Modified
2026-09-18T06:47:34Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The privilege-dropping implementation in the (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 does not perform the required setfsgid and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging unintended group permissions, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-3435.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3430.json"

Debian:13 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3430.json"

Debian:14 / pam

Package

Name
pam
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pam?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3430.json"