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GLSA-200608-15 : MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22214

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-15 (MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities)

 Unchecked calls to setuid() in krshd and v4rcp, as well as unchecked calls to seteuid() in kftpd and in ksu, have been found in the MIT Kerberos 5 program suite and may lead to a local root privilege escalation.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.4.3-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-15

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22214

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-15.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mit-krb5, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3083, CVE-2006-3084

BID: 19427

GLSA: 200608-15