Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0360
CVE-2009-0360
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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Affected products
22cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.12
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <3.13
- Range: <3.13
Patches
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References
18- secunia.com/advisories/33914nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33917nvdVendor Advisory
- www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34260nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34449nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732nvd
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