Resource Management Errors Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.4.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006811
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Aug 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Aug 2006

CVE-2006-3083  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.4.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.

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