CVE-2009-0360
libpam-krb5 - local privilege
EPSS 0.69%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-0360
To remediate CVE-2009-0360, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libpam-krb5—upgrade to 3.13-2 or later
- Debian/libpam-krb5—upgrade to 2.6-1etch1 or later
Is CVE-2009-0360 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.13-2
- from 0, < 2.6-1etch1