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CVE-2006-3084

The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not

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Summary

The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.

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References 25

fedoranews.org

web.mit.edu

novell.com

kb.cert.org

security.gentoo.org

secunia.com

osvdb.org

ftp.pdc.kth.se

debian.org

vupen.com

pdc.kth.se

securityfocus.com

securitytracker.com

gentoo.org

ubuntu.com