CVE-2006-3084
The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local
02 Description
The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-08-09 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-06-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2eeafc082f45c4ef5561be617332a521037f06a03e402c8e9c7d22754954e5e7
05 Affected products
06 References
- fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-034http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376
- web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:020http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#401660http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200608-21http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml
- secunia.com21461http://secunia.com/advisories/21461
- secunia.com21467http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
- www.osvdb.org27872http://www.osvdb.org/27872
- ftp.pdc.kth.seftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-1146http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146
- secunia.com21436http://secunia.com/advisories/21436
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3225http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225
- secunia.com21527http://secunia.com/advisories/21527
- www.pdc.kth.sehttp://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/
- www.securityfocus.com20060808 MITKRB-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com23707http://secunia.com/advisories/23707
- secunia.com21439http://secunia.com/advisories/21439
- secunia.com21402http://secunia.com/advisories/21402
- www.securityfocus.com20060816 UPDATED: MITKRB5-SA-2006-001: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded
- secunia.com21613http://secunia.com/advisories/21613
- securitytracker.com1016664http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200608-15http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml
- www.osvdb.org27871http://www.osvdb.org/27871
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-334-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
- www.securityfocus.com19427http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- krb5 Fixed in 1.4.3-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- krb5 Fixed in 1.4.3-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- krb5 Fixed in 1.4.3-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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