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CVE-2006-3083

Published: 9 August 2006

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.

Priority

Unknown

Status

Package Release Status
krb5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1.4.3-5ubuntu0.6)
edgy
Released (1.4.3-9ubuntu1.5)
feisty
Released (1.4.4-5ubuntu3.3)
upstream Needs triage