CVE-2009-0361
EPSS 0.07%libpam-heimdal - local privilege
Published: 2/13/2009Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0361
Description
Russ 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libpam-heimdalfrom 0, < 2.5-1etch1
- Debian/libpam-krb5from 0, < 3.13-2