==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-959-2           October 25, 2010
pam vulnerability
CVE-2010-0832
==========================================================
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 10.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libpam-modules                  1.1.1-4ubuntu2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Details follow:

USN-959-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.10.

Original advisory details:

 Denis Excoffier discovered that the PAM MOTD module in Ubuntu did
 not correctly handle path permissions when creating user file stamps.
 A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privilieges.


Updated packages for Ubuntu 10.10:

  Source archives:

          Size/MD5:   256311 70ceb0ea3e0aea771cb0ee4d20159302
          Size/MD5:     1636 8b0a9a5576629cdc16a07fb6221555d1
          Size/MD5:  1799415 b4838d787dd9b046a4d6992e18b6ffac

  Architecture independent packages:

          Size/MD5:   284250 ee51d0d5117e8005bd96d365160ab8fc
          Size/MD5:    85274 65b297ca5b321eef1b76c05b7e15da01

  amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

          Size/MD5:    56638 2058636a296f011ee82fb1085bcf98a0
          Size/MD5:   347314 d5f3e4cf08b35bf1c4772d0e17df9787
          Size/MD5:   158630 5b55c802a6e55ad7de7dca34853cadf5
          Size/MD5:    94660 a3f147932dc1c9dc7c0fff522bc7f7cd

  i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

          Size/MD5:    56300 6ebc733abee6253e70f7862b8c8deead
          Size/MD5:   323066 799c517fe7928f1afbf2b440c87e23c3
          Size/MD5:   152140 5fef5190dfed92ca9c30e11723d7dd09
          Size/MD5:    91718 498d37554ea0e6327aa91c6a7fb7e2ca

  powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

          Size/MD5:    56864 c4a0ce26fa71db14be87e8bd72a0b993
          Size/MD5:   343926 d00027f03fa3506e2c7433da8bf60e3a
          Size/MD5:   157816 654f538026e76baea9b670d323eb9680
          Size/MD5:    95076 7056a91e001172a2e143b138c7bf60d2