MIT Kerberos (krb5) setuid() krshd and v4rcp privilege escalation
| kerberos-setuid-privilege-escalation (28378) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MIT Kerberos could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. The krshd and v4rcp applications, which are included in the Kerberos source distribution, make unchecked setuid() system calls. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code or read, write or create arbitrary files with root privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- Heimdal Developers, Heimdal 0.7.2 and prior
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
- MIT, Kerberos 5-1.4
- MIT, Kerberos 5-1.4.1
- MIT, Kerberos 5-1.4.2
- MIT, Kerberos 5-1.4.3
- MIT, Kerberos 5-1.5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Kerberos (krb5-1.5.1 or later) or (krb5-1.4.4 or later), as listed in MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2006-001. See References.
—OR—
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2006-001. See References.
For Heimdal:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, as listed in Heimdal Security Advisory 2006-08-08. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1146-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0612-8 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-15 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Heimdal):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-21 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for patch or upgrade information.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Heimdal Security Advisory, 2006-08-08: multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities at http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/.
- Kerberos Web site, Kerberos: The Network Authentication Protocol at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/.
- MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2006-001, multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt.
- ASA-2006-211: krb5 security update (RHSA-2006-0612)
- BID-19427: MIT Kerberos 5 Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3083: The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.
- DSA-1146: krb5 -- programming error
- GLSA-200608-15: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-21: Heimdal: Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:139: Updated krb5 packages fix local privilege escalation vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 27869: MIT Kerberos 5 krshd setuid() Local Privilege Escalation
- OSVDB ID: 27870: MIT Kerberos 5 v4rcp setuid() Local Privilege Escalation
- RHSA-2006-0612: krb5 security update
- SA21402: Kerberos V5 setuid Security Issue
- SA21436: Heimdal setuid Security Issue
- SA22291: Avaya Products Kerberos V5 setuid Security Issue
- SECTRACK ID: 1016664: Kerberos Application Flaws in Evaluating setuid/seteuid Calls May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- SUSE-SR:2006:020: SUSE Security Summary Report
- SUSE-SR:2006:022: SUSE Security Summary Report
- US-CERT VU#580124: MIT Kerberos (krb5) krshd and v4rcp do not properly validate setuid() or seteuid() calls
- USN-334-1: krb5 vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3225: Kerberos V5 setuid() and seteuid() Calls Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Reported:
Aug 08, 2006
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