oss-security - CVE request: pam_ssh not dropping root gid(s)

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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:26:57 +0200
From: Sebastian Krahmer <krahmer@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: pam_ssh not dropping root gid(s)

Hi,

In certain configs, pam_ssh is not completely dropping its privileges
to user. It just forgets to call setgid() and initgroups(). A fix can be found at [1].
Can someone assign a CVE?

thx,
Sebastian

[1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665061

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