CVE-2006-3083
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 9, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 19, 2006
Description
The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDKSA-2006:139vendor-advisory
- VU#580124third-party-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
- 27869vdb-entry
- 21847third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:020vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200608-21vendor-advisory
- 21461third-party-advisory
- 21467third-party-advisory
- DSA-1146vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2006:0612vendor-advisory
- 21436third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3225vdb-entry
- 21527third-party-advisory
- 27870vdb-entry
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
- 20060808 MITKRB-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9515vdb-entrysignature
- 21439third-party-advisory
- 21402third-party-advisory
- 20060816 UPDATED: MITKRB5-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
- 21613third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:022vendor-advisory
- 1016664vdb-entry
- 21441third-party-advisory
- 22291third-party-advisory
- 21456third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200608-15vendor-advisory
- 21423third-party-advisory
- USN-334-1vendor-advisory
- 19427vdb-entry
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