CVE-2009-0361

Published Feb 13, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1721-1 New libpam-krb5 packages fix local privilege escalation
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1722-1 New libpam-heimdal packages fix local privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0365 Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
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