{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2010-10-03T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "pam: pam_xauth: Does not check if certain ACL file is a regular file",
    "id" : "672486",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672486"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "2.1",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "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." ],
  "statement" : "The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue was addressed in the PAM packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via RHSA-2010:0819 and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2010:0891. A future update may correct this issue in the PAM packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "release_date" : "2010-11-01T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2010:0819",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5",
    "package" : "pam-0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "release_date" : "2010-11-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2010:0891",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6",
    "package" : "pam-0:1.1.1-4.el6_0.1"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "pam",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4707\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4707" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2010-4707",
  "csaw" : false
}