MIT Kerberos 5-1.4/5-1.4.1/5-1.4.2/5-1.4.3/5-1.5 v4rcp resource management

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A vulnerability was found in MIT Kerberos 5-1.4/5-1.4.1/5-1.4.2/5-1.4.3/5-1.5 (Network Authentication Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function v4rcp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 08/08/2006 by Marcus Meissner and Michael Calmer with SuSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at issues.rpath.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3083 since 06/19/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29496 (SuSE 10 Security Update : krb5-apps-servers and krb5-apps-clients (ZYPP Patch Number 1938)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28378), Tenable (29496), SecurityFocus (BID 19427†), OSVDB (27870†) and Secunia (SA21402†). The entries VDB-31700, VDB-31699 and VDB-84445 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 29496
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : krb5-apps-servers and krb5-apps-clients (ZYPP Patch Number 1938)
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OpenVAS ID: 831019
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for netcdf MDVA-2010:129 (netcdf)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mit.edu

Advisory: RHSA-2006:0612⛔
Researcher: Marcus Meissner, Michael Calmer
Organization: SuSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84444

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X-Force: 28378
SecurityFocus: 19427 - MIT Kerberos 5 Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21402
OSVDB: 27870 - MIT Kerberos 5 v4rcp setuid() Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1016664
Vupen: ADV-2006-3225

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Created: 05/08/2016 07:55 PM
Updated: 01/20/2025 10:47 PM
Changes: 05/08/2016 07:55 PM (61), 12/27/2018 11:21 AM (17), 08/03/2022 09:14 AM (4), 01/20/2025 10:47 PM (15)
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