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USN-719-1: pam-krb5 vulnerabilities

12 February 2009

pam-krb5 vulnerabilities

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Details

It was discovered that pam_krb5 parsed environment variables when run with
setuid applications. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass
authentication checks and gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-0360)

Derek Chan discovered that pam_krb5 incorrectly handled refreshing existing
credentials when used with setuid applications. A local attacker could exploit
this to create or overwrite arbitrary files, and possibly gain root privileges.
(CVE-2009-0361)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.04

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.