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Debian DSA-1146-1 : krb5 - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 22688

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

In certain application programs packaged in the MIT Kerberos 5 source distribution, calls to setuid() and seteuid() are not always checked for success and may fail with some PAM configurations. A local user could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to result in privilege escalation. No exploit code is known to exist at this time.

Solution

Upgrade the krb5 packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.6-2sarge3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22688

File Name: debian_DSA-1146.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2006

Reference Information

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

CERT: 401660, 580124

DSA: 1146