Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0361
CVE-2009-0361
Description
Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.12
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
20- secunia.com/advisories/33914nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33917nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33918nvdVendor 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.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1722nvd
- www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33741nvd
- 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%3A5403nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5521nvd
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