CVE-2006-3083

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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.

Affected products

heimdal: 0.7.2
MIT Kerberos 5: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21402
http://secunia.com/advisories/21423
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436
http://secunia.com/advisories/21439
http://secunia.com/advisories/21441
http://secunia.com/advisories/21456
http://secunia.com/advisories/21461
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
http://secunia.com/advisories/21527
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847

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