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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-3825 Detail

Description

pam_krb5 2.2.14 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and earlier, when the existing_ticket option is enabled, uses incorrect privileges when reading a Kerberos credential cache, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable to an arbitrary cache filename and running the (1) su or (2) sudo program. NOTE: there may be a related vector involving sshd that has limited relevance.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/28/2017)

This issue did not affect the version of pam_krb5 shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32119 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32135 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32174 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43314 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:209 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0907.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31534 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020978 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461960 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45635 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10923 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00150.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00166.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3825
NVD Published Date:
10/03/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.