CVE-2009-0360 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2009-0360: Russ Allbery pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid ap

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2009-0360 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpam-krb5→ fixed in3.13-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpam-krb5
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpam-krb5→ fixed in3.13-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpam-krb5
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpam-krb5→ fixed in3.13-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpam-krb5
```

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