National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0361
Original release date:02/13/2009
Last revised:04/16/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (02/13/2009)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the pam_krb5 package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0410
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0979
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-719-1
External Source: BID
Name: 33741
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090211 pam-krb5 security advisory (3.12 and earlier)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0426
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1722
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1721
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 252767
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021711
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200903-39
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34449
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34260
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33918
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33917
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33914
Type: Advisory