CVE-2006-3083

N/A Unknown
Published: August 09, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21423
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21441
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21456
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22291
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/27869
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/27870
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21423
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21441
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21456
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22291
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/27869
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/27870
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

66 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

heimdal mit

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