CentOS 9 : krb5-1.21.1-1.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191209

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for krb5-devel.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the krb5-1.21.1-1.el9 build changelog.

- kdc/do_tgs_req.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21 before 1.21.2 has a double free that is reachable if an authenticated user can trigger an authorization-data handling failure. Incorrect data is copied from one ticket to another. (CVE-2023-39975)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream krb5-devel package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=36158

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191209

File Name: centos9_krb5-1_21_1-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39975

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libkadm5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-workstation, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-server-ldap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39975