CVE-2006-3083

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    CVE-2006-3083

    Published: 9 Aug 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High