CVE-2009-0361

NameCVE-2009-0361
DescriptionRuss Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, as used by libpam-heimdal, su in Solaris 10, and other software, does not properly handle calls to pam_setcred when running setuid, which allows local users to overwrite and change the ownership of arbitrary files by setting the KRB5CCNAME environment variable, and then launching a setuid application that performs certain pam_setcred operations.
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, DSA-1722-1
Debian Bugs516695

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libpam-krb5 (PTS)buster, buster (security)4.8-2+deb10u1fixed
bullseye4.9-2fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm4.11-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libpam-heimdalsourceetch2.5-1etch1DSA-1722-1
libpam-heimdalsource(unstable)3.10-2.1516695
libpam-krb5sourceetch2.6-1etch1DSA-1721-1
libpam-krb5sourcelenny3.11-4
libpam-krb5source(unstable)3.13-2

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