CVE-2011-1526
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Improper privilege management
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
ftpd.c in the GSS-API FTP daemon in MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.1 and earlier does not check the krb5_setegid return value, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended group access restrictions, and create, overwrite, delete, or read files, via standard FTP commands, related to missing autoconf tests in a configure script.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062681.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062699.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.htmlAdvisory