<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200603-14"> <title>Heimdal: rshd privilege escalation</title> <synopsis> An error in the rshd daemon of Heimdal could allow authenticated users to elevate privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">heimdal</product> <announced>2006-03-17</announced> <revised count="01">2006-03-17</revised> <bug>121839</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-crypt/heimdal" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.7.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.7.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5. </p> </background> <description> <p> An unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability in the rshd server of Heimdal has been reported. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> Authenticated users could exploit the vulnerability to escalate privileges or to change the ownership and content of arbitrary files. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.7.2"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0582">CVE-2006-0582</uri> <uri link="https://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2006-02-06/">Heimdal Advisory 2006-02-06</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-03-14T18:02:33Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-16T09:34:15Z"> DerCorny </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-17T10:14:03Z"> DerCorny </metadata> </glsa>