CVE-2006-3084

Description

The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376 vendor advisory
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660 third party advisory us government resource
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
http://www.osvdb.org/27872 vdb entry
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://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.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707 third party advisory vendor advisory
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://securitytracker.com/id?1016664 vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27871 vdb entry
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-2006-3084?
CVE-2006-3084 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3084?
To fix CVE-2006-3084, 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-2006-3084 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-3084 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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