pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 2, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 12, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 2, 2022
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
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.
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