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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3825 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2008-3825 |
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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. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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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 Secunia Advisory: SA43314 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0907.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10923 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:209 FEDORA CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded BID 31534 |
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