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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2004:088)
high Nessus Plugin ID 14673
Synopsis
The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
A double-free vulnerability exists in the MIT Kerberos 5's KDC program that could potentially allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the KDC host. As well, multiple double-free vulnerabilities exist in the krb5 library code, which makes client programs and application servers vulnerable. The MIT Kerberos 5 development team believes that exploitation of these bugs would be difficult and no known vulnerabilities are believed to exist. The vulnerability in krb524d was discovered by Marc Horowitz; the other double-free vulnerabilities were discovered by Will Fiveash and Nico Williams at Sun.Will Fiveash and Nico Williams also found another vulnerability in the ASN.1 decoder library. This makes krb5 vulnerable to a DoS (Denial of Service) attack causing an infinite loop in the decoder. The KDC is vulnerable to this attack.
The MIT Kerberos 5 team has provided patches which have been applied to the updated software to fix these issues. Mandrakesoft encourages all users to upgrade immediately.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-003-asn1.txt
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 14673
File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-088.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 9/7/2004
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb51-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb51-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ftp-client-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ftp-server-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb51, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb51, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:telnet-client-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:telnet-server-krb5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-0642, CVE-2004-0643, CVE-2004-0644, CVE-2004-0772