{"id":"CVE-2006-3083","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:38:28.045077Z","published":"2006-08-09T10:04:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21402"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21423"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21436"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21439"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21441"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21456"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21461"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21467"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21527"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21613"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21847"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22291"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/27869"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/27870"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}