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CVE-2006-3083
N/ADescription
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published8/9/2006
Last Modified4/16/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
heimdal:heimdalmit:kerberos_5
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-399
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21423(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21441(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21456(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847(cve@mitre.org)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22291(cve@mitre.org)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml(cve@mitre.org)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664(cve@mitre.org)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.osvdb.org/27869(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.osvdb.org/27870(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225(cve@mitre.org)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515(cve@mitre.org)
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21423(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21441(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21456(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22291(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/27869(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/27870(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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