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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-15 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple local privilege escalation |
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vulnerabilities |
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Date: August 10, 2006 |
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Bugs: #143240 |
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ID: 200608-15 |
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Synopsis |
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Some applications shipped with MIT Kerberos 5 are vulnerable to local |
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privilege escalation. |
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Background |
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MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos |
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network protocol. It is designed to provide strong authentication for |
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client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.4.3-r3 >= 1.4.3-r3 |
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Description |
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Unchecked calls to setuid() in krshd and v4rcp, as well as unchecked |
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calls to seteuid() in kftpd and in ksu, have been found in the MIT |
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Kerberos 5 program suite and may lead to a local root privilege |
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escalation. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary |
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code with elevated privileges. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.4.3-r3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-3083 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3083 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2006-3084 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3084 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml |
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Concerns? |
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========= |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |