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Gentoo: GLSA 200603-14 Normal: Heimdal rshd Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Heimdal rshd service vulnerability permits unauthorized privilege elevation. It is advisable for users of Gentoo Linux to execute an upgrade.
An error in the rshd daemon of Heimdal could allow authenticated users to elevate privileges.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-14 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Heimdal: rshd privilege escalation Date: March 17, 2006 Bugs: #121839 ID: 200603-14

Synopsis ======= An error in the rshd daemon of Heimdal could allow authenticated usersto elevate privileges.
Background ========= Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/heimdal < 0.7.2 >= 0.7.2
========== An unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability in the rshd server of Heimdal has been reported.
Impact ===== Authenticated users could exploit the vulnerability to escalate privileges or to change the ow...

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