suse · CVE-2010-3853

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Priority: medium Published: 2021-05-30 12:54:17 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 20:07:36 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2010-3853 severity moderate: SUSE including 44 source package names (pam-1.1.8-11.57, pam-1.1.8-14.1, …), 71 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (29 product lines)): Fixed 71.

Description:

pam_namespace.c in the pam_namespace module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.3 uses the environment of the invoking application or service during execution of the namespace.init script, which might allow local users to gain privileges by running a setuid program that relies on the pam_namespace PAM check, as demonstrated by the sudo program.

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