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CVE-2009-0360

MEDIUM
6.2
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libpam-krb5Debian
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0360
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0360
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0360
Fixed in:3.13-2CVE-2009-0360

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.69%probability of exploitation in 30 days
49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

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