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CVE-2006-3084 Detail

Current Description

The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.


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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707 Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660 US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660 US Government Resource 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27871
http://www.osvdb.org/27871
http://www.osvdb.org/27872
http://www.osvdb.org/27872
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225 Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3084
NVD Published Date:
08/09/2006
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE