cvelist/2007/3xxx/CVE-2007-3149.json

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                "value": "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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                "name": "24368",
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                "name": "http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/auth/kerb5.c",
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                "name": "20070607 MIT krb5: makes sudo authentication issue MUCH worse.",
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