# CVE-2009-0360: Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, whi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-02-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33917
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
- http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8303

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