CVE-2009-0360

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0360
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-13 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRuss Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.0 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.1 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.2 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.3 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.4 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.5 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 2.6 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.0 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.1 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.10 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.11 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.2 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.3 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.4 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.5 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.6 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.7 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.8 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 3.9 All All All
Application Eyrie Pam-krb5 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Avaya CMS Solaris Kerberos PAM Module Privilege Escalation - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1721-1 libpam-krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-719-1: pam-krb5 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo update for pam_krb5 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
pam-krb5 Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
pam-krb5 2009-02-11 Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eyrie.org Vendor Advisory
ASA-2009-070 (SUN 252767) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- pam_krb5: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
pam-krb5 File Overwrite and Privilege Escalation - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#252767: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kerberos PAM Module May Allow Use of a User Specified Kerberos Configuration File, Leading to Escalation of Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Debian update for libpam-krb5 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
pam-krb5 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-02-13Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the pam_krb5 package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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