Bug 269008

Summary:	sys-auth/pam_krb5-3.12: Local privilege escalation, local file overwrite
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Oleh Kravchenko <oleg>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
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Description Oleh Kravchenko 2009-05-08 07:35:51 UTC

A security vulnerability in pam-krb5 allowing overwrite and chown of arbitrary files via Solaris su was discovered by Derek Chan and reported by Steven Luo on 2009-01-29. Subsequent code auditing for behavior in setuid applications uncovered another, more general and more serious bug that could result in privilege escalation. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-05-08 10:26:16 UTC

These issues were addressed in GLSA 200903-39.

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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 257075 ***