Vulnerability in Heimdal
CVE-2006-3083
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Heimdal — versions 0.7.2
- Mit Kerberos 5 — versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124 (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm
- web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/27869 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21847 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21461 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21467 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)