Description
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.2/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 13, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified