CVE-2009-0360

NameCVE-2009-0360
DescriptionRuss 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1721-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libpam-krb5 (PTS)bullseye4.9-2fixed
bookworm4.11-1fixed
sid, trixie4.11-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libpam-krb5sourceetch2.6-1etch1DSA-1721-1
libpam-krb5sourcelenny3.11-4
libpam-krb5source(unstable)3.13-2

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