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>> Redhat Security Update Fixes pam_krb5 Privilege Escalation Issue

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes pam_krb5 Privilege Escalation Issue
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2720
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3825
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-03

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A vulnerability has been identified in various Redhat products, which could be exploited by malicious users to gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an error in the pam_krb5 module when configured to use an existing credential cache via the "existing_ticket" option, which could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges by using a different, local user's credential cache.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Stéphane BERTIN.

ChangeLog

2008-10-03 : Initial release

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