gnomesu-pam-backend in libgnomesu 1.0.0 prints an error message but proceeds with the non-error code path upon failure of the setgid or setuid function, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to two unprivileged user accounts, and running many processes under one of these accounts.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-07-07T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:46:00.850Z

Reserved: 2011-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1946

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-07-07T21:55:02.133

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1946

cve-icon Redhat

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