National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0832

Overview

pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 in PAM on Ubuntu 9.10 and libpam-modules before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5 in PAM on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .cache in a user's home directory, related to "user file stamps" and the motd.legal-notice file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 41465

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41465

External Source: XF

Name: pammotd-motdlegalnotice-priv-escalation(60194)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/60194

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1747

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1747

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-959-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-959-1

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 66116

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/66116

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Ubuntu-closes-root-hole-1034618.html

Hyperlink:http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Ubuntu-closes-root-hole-1034618.html

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 14273

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14273

External Source: MISC

Name: http://twitter.com/jonoberheide/statuses/18009527979

Hyperlink:http://twitter.com/jonoberheide/statuses/18009527979

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40512

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40512