CVE-2009-0361
libpam-heimdal - local privilege
EPSS 0.38%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-0361
To remediate CVE-2009-0361, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libpam-heimdal—upgrade to 2.5-1etch1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.13-2 or later
Is CVE-2009-0361 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.5-1etch1
- from 0, < 3.13-2