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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2011-01-24T17:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:26:12.299Z
Reserved: 2010-10-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-3853
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2011-01-24T18:00:02.173
Modified: 2019-01-03T15:01:45.217
Link: CVE-2010-3853
Redhat