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# CVE-2009-0360

Publication date 13 February 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does
not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows
local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a
modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid
application.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libpam-krb5 | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 3.11-4ubuntu1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 3.11-4ubuntu1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 3.10-1ubuntu0.8.10.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.10-1ubuntu0.8.04.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0360)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0360)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0360)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0360)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-719-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-719-1)
+ pam-krb5 vulnerabilities
+ 12 February 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0360>