CVE-2009-0360
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- eyrie/pam-krb5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.