CVE-2009-1933 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published 5 Jun 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can bypass Kerberos credential cache management to access protected NFS mount points and shares on Solaris systems.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2009-1933?

CVE-2009-1933 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 5 Jun 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Kerberos in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_117, does not properly manage credential caches, which allows local users to access Kerberized NFS mount points and Kerberized NFS shares via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1933?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1933?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2009-1933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-cwjg-5m9m-f385.