CVE-2006-3083

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124 patch third party advisory us government resource
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt patch vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27869 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27870 vdb entry
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21441 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22291 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21456 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21423 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3083?
CVE-2006-3083 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3083?
To fix CVE-2006-3083, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3083 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-3083 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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