CVE-2011-3628
First published: Tue Apr 15 2014(Updated: )
Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Libpam-modules | =1.1.3 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =11.04 | |
| Canonical Libpam-modules | =1.1.1 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =11.10 | |
| Canonical Libpam-modules | =1.1.2 | |
| Canonical Libpam-modules | =0.9.7 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 |
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- version/canonical libpam-modules/1.1.3
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- version/canonical libpam-modules/1.1.1
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/11.10
- version/canonical libpam-modules/1.1.2
- version/canonical libpam-modules/0.9.7
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