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GLSA-200608-21 : Heimdal: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22283

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-200608-21 (Heimdal: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities)

 The ftpd and rcp applications provided by Heimdal fail to check the return value of calls to seteuid().
 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 Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/heimdal-0.7.2-r3'

See Also

https://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-21

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22283

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-21.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2006

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:heimdal, 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: 8/23/2006

Reference Information

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

BID: 19427

GLSA: 200608-21