CVE-2009-0360
N/A
Published: February 13, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPam KRB5
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
Russ 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (18)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33914Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33917Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htmQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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