sudo, when linked with MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5), does not properly check whether a user can currently authenticate to Kerberos, which allows local users to gain privileges, in a manner unintended by the sudo security model, via certain KRB5_ environment variable settings. NOTE: another researcher disputes this vulnerability, stating that the attacker must be "a user, who can already log into your system, and can already use sudo."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-06-11T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:05:29.234Z

Reserved: 2007-06-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-3149

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-06-11T18:30:00.000

Modified: 2020-01-21T15:44:36.617

Link: CVE-2007-3149

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-3149 - Bugzilla