CVE-2006-3083
Published Aug 9, 2006
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-399
Vendor comments
- Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:heimdal:heimdal:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "6AEE0CCA-5935-472D-8A73-301A89412E09"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "52F0EECF-7787-442B-9888-D22F7D36C3DE"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "EF344AED-BE00-4A9B-A9DE-C6FB0BEE4617"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "567406CA-58D8-453E-B36E-6D1D2EFC8EB6"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "7830E03F-A813-4E35-893E-BF27395CEFB3"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "4DD315AE-868B-4061-BF01-CDBF59B02499"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]