CVE-2010-4707

Name	CVE-2010-4707
Description	The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pam (PTS)	bullseye	1.4.0-9+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1.5.2-6+deb12u1	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	1.7.0-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pam	source	(unstable)	1.1.3-1	low

[lenny] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - pam <no-dsa> (Minor issue)