Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006744
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jun 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jun 2001

CVE-2001-0417  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Kerberos 4 (aka krb4) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on new ticket files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1