RHEL 2.1 : krb5 (RHSA-2003:021)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12353

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated packages fix a vulnerability found in the Kerberos FTP client distributed with the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server krb5 packages.

[Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1. For Advanced Workstation 2.1 these packages also fix CVE-2002-1235 as described in RHSA-2002:250

Kerberos is a network authentication system.

A problem has been found in the Kerberos FTP client. When retrieving a file with a name beginning with a pipe character, the FTP client will pass the file name to the command shell in a system() call. This could allow a malicious FTP server to write to files outside of the current directory or execute commands as the user running the FTP client.

The Kerberos FTP client runs as the default FTP client when the Kerberos package krb5-workstation is installed on a Red Hat Linux Advanced Server distribution.

All users of Kerberos are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12353

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-021.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0041

CERT: 258721

RHSA: 2003:021

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