CVE-2002-0754

High

Description

Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to determine if the user running k5su is root, which could allow a root-initiated process to regain its privileges after it has dropped them.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductFreebsd
PublishedAug 12, 2002
First seenAug 12, 2002

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freebsd freebsd4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4—
freebsd heimdal0.4e—
kth heimdal0.4e—

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