GLSA 200603-14: Heimdal: rshd privilege escalation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Heimdal: rshd privilege escalation
Date:	03/17/2006
Bugs:	#121839
ID:	200603-14

Synopsis

An error in the rshd daemon of Heimdal could allow authenticated users to elevate privileges.

Background

Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-crypt/heimdal	< 0.7.2	>= 0.7.2	All supported architectures

Description

An unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability in the rshd server of Heimdal has been reported.

Impact

Authenticated users could exploit the vulnerability to escalate privileges or to change the ownership and content of arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.7.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-14.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.