CVE-2009-0360

Published Feb 13, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 6.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1721-1 New libpam-krb5 packages fix local privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0364 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-719-1 pam-krb5 vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:31 AM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 13, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM