Users of PAM MOTD module please be advised of a vulnerability that has been identified.
To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)
Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
USN-959-2: [USN-959-2] PAM vulnerability
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.Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/e4jc
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