CVE-2014-9278

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-10-03
Bugzilla:
1169843: CVE-2014-9278 openssh: ~/.k5users unexpectedly grants remote login
It was found that when OpenSSH was used in a Kerberos environment, remote authenticated users were allowed to log in as a different user if they were listed in the ~/.k5users file of that user, potentially bypassing intended authentication restrictions.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9278 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssh) RHSA-2015:0425 2015-03-05

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssh Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssh Not affected

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