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CVE-2006-3083

Published: Aug 09, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3083
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
HeimdalHeimdal0.7.2 (including)0.7.2 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4 (including)1.4 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.3 (including)1.4.3 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkrb5-0:1.3.4-33*
Krb5Ubuntudapper*
Krb5Ubuntudevel*
Krb5Ubuntuedgy*
Krb5Ubuntufeisty*

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