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Package name pam Date February 18th, 2003 Advisory ID MDKSA-2003:017 Affected versions 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, MNF8.2 Synopsis Updated pam packages fix root authorization handling in pam_xauth module

Problem Description

Andreas Beck discovered that the pam_xauth module would forward
authorization information from the root account to unprivileged users.
This can be exploited by a local attacker to gain access to the root
user's X session. In order for it to be successfully exploited, the
attacker would have to somehow get the root user to su to the account
belonging to the attacker.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 8.1

 012c289119d2c3e1f13e086eb46603b0  8.1/RPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
f39c461c65b06233e97bfc86a3c847f4  8.1/RPMS/pam-devel-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
d461c8185df78f0dfc6035ae195500b8  8.1/RPMS/pam-doc-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
376bd2062e8fb2128008bc6075bae8d1  8.1/RPMS/pam_ldap-156-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
a1afc044aef022370275316123e9cbc5  8.1/SRPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.1/IA64

 e5fde05f5d39182a6b253ba9ead66043  ia64/8.1/RPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.ia64.rpm
eae2fdd91901a61cd8d22dddf35f03c2  ia64/8.1/RPMS/pam-devel-0.75-25.1mdk.ia64.rpm
1f842b6909b7c31c003b62e4b4997706  ia64/8.1/RPMS/pam-doc-0.75-25.1mdk.ia64.rpm
f22145546bff2930131da1b2503692ce  ia64/8.1/RPMS/pam_ldap-156-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm
a1afc044aef022370275316123e9cbc5  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2

 6f9d110a83450b1358384ea19e23a812  8.2/RPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
ef33ba24e3fc431a89b0fba7031d55b8  8.2/RPMS/pam-devel-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
00fb03da32fcdef0b0a27ae1fb88307d  8.2/RPMS/pam-doc-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
16b952b71669460c7c4b9441b37e2014  8.2/RPMS/pam_ldap-156-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
a1afc044aef022370275316123e9cbc5  8.2/SRPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2/PPC

 272b33cad29ea3ddecd03a56bab0b727  ppc/8.2/RPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.ppc.rpm
8861331f5d5218ac5116813cc03abad0  ppc/8.2/RPMS/pam-devel-0.75-25.1mdk.ppc.rpm
08d5a458fab9e006344d87d7fe67168d  ppc/8.2/RPMS/pam-doc-0.75-25.1mdk.ppc.rpm
0b73c3aba3ab7bdd2548a69934fa79f0  ppc/8.2/RPMS/pam_ldap-156-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
a1afc044aef022370275316123e9cbc5  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.0

 dc82d88d63dafc3668e7ab4f1d09d404  9.0/RPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
ca86fc0f07855ced3f9ed7793608d376  9.0/RPMS/pam-devel-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
65545ca4597990fb5ccf0218a2b6c922  9.0/RPMS/pam-doc-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
b70c25f7b8a3b5f86149dd199003a4ff  9.0/RPMS/pam_ldap-156-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
a1afc044aef022370275316123e9cbc5  9.0/SRPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 8.2

 6f9d110a83450b1358384ea19e23a812  mnf8.2/RPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
a1afc044aef022370275316123e9cbc5  mnf8.2/SRPMS/pam-0.75-25.1mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1160

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