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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2002-0746 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:47.923Z
Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-0754
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Status : Modified
Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2002-0754
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD