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From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200603-14 ] Heimdal: rshd privilege escalation
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:12:37
Message-Id: 200603171847.31653.dercorny@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Heimdal: rshd privilege escalation
9 Date: March 17, 2006
10 Bugs: #121839
11 ID: 200603-14
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15 Synopsis
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18 An error in the rshd daemon of Heimdal could allow authenticated users
19 to elevate privileges.
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21 Background
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24 Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-crypt/heimdal < 0.7.2 >= 0.7.2
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34 Description
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37 An unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability in the rshd server of
38 Heimdal has been reported.
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40 Impact
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43 Authenticated users could exploit the vulnerability to escalate
44 privileges or to change the ownership and content of arbitrary files.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.7.2"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CAN-2006-0582
63 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2006-0582
64 [ 2 ] Heimdal Advisory 2006-02-06
65 http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-02-06/
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-14.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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