USN-959-2: PAM vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10

Packages

• pam - Pluggable Authentication Modules

Details

USN-959-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.10.

Original advisory details:

Denis Excoffier discovered that the PAM MOTD module in Ubuntu did
not correctly handle path permissions when creating user file stamps.
A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privilieges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10

• libpam-modules - 1.1.1-4ubuntu2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2010-0832

Related notices

• USN-959-1: libpam-modules, pam