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CVE-2009-0360 Details

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.

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)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33914	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33917	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34260	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34449	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721	CVE
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33914	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33917	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34260	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34449	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5669	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5732	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-070.htm	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721	[email protected]
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33740	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979	[email protected]

see all 36 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-287	Improper Authentication	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
eyrie pam-krb5	<= 3.12 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:::::::: 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-krb5:3.2:::::::* 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:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.11:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

eyrie pam-krb5

<= 3.12

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-krb5:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:pam-krb5:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]