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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3825
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-3825

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45635

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html

ST
  1020978

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32119
  Secunia Advisory: SA32135
  Secunia Advisory: SA32174

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0907.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:209

FEDORA

CONFIRM

BID
  31534


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