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Debian DSA-1721-1 : libpam-krb5 - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35662
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the PAM module for MIT Kerberos. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-0360 Russ Allbery discovered that the Kerberos PAM module parsed configuration settings from environment variables when run from a setuid context. This could lead to local privilege escalation if an attacker points a setuid program using PAM authentication to a Kerberos setup under her control.
- CVE-2009-0361 Derek Chan discovered that the Kerberos PAM module allows reinitialisation of user credentials when run from a setuid context, resulting in potential local denial of service by overwriting the credential cache file or to privilege escalation.
Solution
Upgrade the libpam-krb5 package.For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6-1etch1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 3.11-4.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0360
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35662
File Name: debian_DSA-1721.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/13/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-krb5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0360, CVE-2009-0361