27869 : MIT Kerberos 5 krshd setuid() Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-08-08

Keywords

MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2006-001

Description

MIT Kerberos 5 contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when the setuid() call fails in the krshd program. This flaw may lead to a loss of confidentiality and/or integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.4, 1.5.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this
vulnerability. Additionally, the vendor has released a patch to address this
issue, or users may opt to apply the following workaround: Disable the affected program by removing the SUID bit

Products

MIT	Kerberos 5	1.4.3
		1.4.4
		1.5
		1.5.1

References

Security Tracker: 1016664
Bugtraq ID: 19427
CVE ID: 2006-3083 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21402 21436 21439 21441 21456 21461 21467 21527 21613 21847 22291
Related OSVDB ID: 27870 27871 27872
ISS X-Force ID: 28378 28379
CERT VU: 580124
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-3225
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0157.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0347.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Aug/0006.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Sep/0005.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-570
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
Keyword: MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2006-001
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0612-8

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Marcus Meissner - meissnersuse.de -
Michael Calmer -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-08-10 | Disagree?

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