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TI-2002-00731 Aliases CVE-2002-0754GHSA-mggc-5xgm-pg5v

Kerberos 5 su (k5su) in FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier relies on the getlogin system call to…

Priority LOW 32Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00388 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:heimdal:0.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4eVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4eVulnerableKth
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1 releaseVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1 stableVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 stableVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3VulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:heimdal:0.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4e Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4e Vulnerable ·Kth
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 release Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 stable Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 stable Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3 releaseVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3 stableVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4VulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 release Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 stable Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0754
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mggc-5xgm-pg5v

References

Patch 1

Sources

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