Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3083
CVE-2006-3083
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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Affected products
8<=1.5, <1.4.4+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.5, <1.4.4
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
33- web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124nvdPatchUS Government Resource
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21402nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21423nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21436nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21439nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21441nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21456nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21461nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21467nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21527nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21613nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21847nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22291nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225nvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txtnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/27869nvd
- www.osvdb.org/27870nvd
- www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515nvd
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