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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-3825

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-3825

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/03/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-pam_krb5
  • suse-upgrade-pam_krb5-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-pam_krb5-64bit
  • suse-upgrade-suse-release

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