CVE-2011-1526

[CVE catalog]

Severity

Unknown

Published

Jul 5, 2011, 6:11:00 PM UTC

Updated

Mar 9, 2026, 1:20:27 AM UTC

Source

[NVD] · [CVE record]

EPSS

3.94% · Oct 25, 2026

It was found that ftpd, a Kerberos-aware FTP server, did not properly drop privileges. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the ftpd daemon did not check for the potential failure of the krb5_setegid() function call. On systems where the set real, set effective, or set saved group ID system calls might fail, a remote FTP user could use this flaw to gain unauthorized read or write access to files that were owned by the root group. krb5-appl: ftpd incorrect group privilege dropping (MITKRB5-SA-2011-005) This issue was addressed in krb5-appl packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2011:0920 and krb5 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via RHSA-2012:0306. This issue is not planned to be addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, where this issue was rated as having low security impact. The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.