Description
The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAccess VectorLocal
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:CConfidentialityComplete
I:CIntegrityComplete
A:CAvailabilityComplete
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
heimdal
commercialaka heimdal security
mit
oss-project·USaka mit krb5, mit kerberos
kerberos 5On-prem
Operating Systems and 1 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
security.gentoo.org
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
ftp.pdc.kth.se
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
fedoranews.org
and 23 more references View all →
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