National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3083

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#580124

Name: VU#580124

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0612

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-334-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1

External Source: BID

Name: 19427

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060816 UPDATED: MITKRB5-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060808 MITKRB-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/

Hyperlink:http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 27870

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/27870

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 27869

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/27869

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2006:022

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2006:020

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200608-15

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3225

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3225

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1146

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016664

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200608-21

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22291

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22291

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21847

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21847

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21613

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21613

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21527

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21527

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21467

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21467

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21461

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21461

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21456

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21456

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21441

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21441

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21439

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21439

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21436

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21436

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21423

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21423

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21402

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21402

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:139

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:139

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139