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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21402Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21436Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21439Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21461Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21527Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21613Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23707Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27871
- http://www.osvdb.org/27872
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225Vendor Advisory
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21402Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21436Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21439Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21461Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21527Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21613Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23707Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27871
- http://www.osvdb.org/27872
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 9, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified