7.2

CVE-2006-3083: heimdal Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2006:0612DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3083
Published 09-08-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3083 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in heimdal. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1146-1

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The (1) krshd and (2) v4rcp applications in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, when running on Linux and AIX, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges using attacks such as resource exhaustion.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.53% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat6 products
  • krb5< 0:1.3.4-33
  • krb5-debuginfo< 0:1.3.4-33
  • krb5-devel< 0:1.3.4-33
  • krb5-libs< 0:1.3.4-33
  • krb5-server< 0:1.3.4-33
Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.4.3-9
Heimdal1 product
Mit1 product

4 vendors · 9 products

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