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21 May 2009
Sun Alert 252767 A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kerberos PAM Module May Allow Use of a User Specified Kerberos Configuration File, Leading to Escalation of Privileges
Product: Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism 1.0.1 Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System OpenSolaris A security vulnerability in the Solaris Kerberos (see kerberos(5)) pam_krb5(5) PAM module may allow a user supplied Kerberos configuration file to be used to specify realm and KDC server information, thereby allowing certain remote unprivileged users or applications to gain elevated privileges. Sun acknowledges with thanks, Russ Allbery and Steven Luo for bringing this issue to our attention. This issue is also described in the following documents: CVE-2009-0360 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0360 CVE-2009-0361 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0361 State: Resolved First released: 10-Mar-2009
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