CVE-2002-0754

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0754
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-08-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:28:00 UTC
DescriptionKerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Application Freebsd Heimdal 0.4e All All All
Application Freebsd Heimdal 0.4e All All All
Application Kth Heimdal 0.4e All All All
Application Kth Heimdal 0.4e All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Kerberos 5 su Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-02:07 FREEBSD ftp.freebsd.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: kerberos5-k5su-elevate-privileges (7956): Kerberos 5 (k5su) utility allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges XF www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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