HIGH
security flaw
Published Aug 9, 2006
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
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
No data.
OR
- 0.7.2
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
krb5-0:1.3.4-33
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0612
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | krb5-0:1.3.4-33 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0612 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.53% 0.00528
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00528
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00528) | 42.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.51% (0.00512) | 39.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 14.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 13.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (37)
- ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/heimdal-0.7.2-setuid-patch.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21402 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21423 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21436 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21441 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21456 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21461 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21527 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21613 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22291 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016664 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-211.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-001-setuid.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1146 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580124 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:139 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/27869 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.osvdb.org/27870 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-08-08/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0612.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442599/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443498/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19427 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3225 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3083 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618134 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3083
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9515 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3083
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 9, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 19, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3083
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a