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CVE-2006-3084 Details

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 users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt	CVE
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664	CVE
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/27871	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/27872	CVE
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225	CVE	Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt	[email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21402	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664	[email protected]
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/401660	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27871	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27872	[email protected]
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
heimdal heimdal	<= 0.7.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:heimdal:heimdal:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mit kerberos 5	1.4 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.5
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 10, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]