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Fedora 41 : krb5 (2024-c0961d31b8)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 211268

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-c0961d31b8 advisory.

 Security:

 * CVE-2024-3596: Fix for BlastRADIUS vulnerability in libkrad (support for Message-Authenticator attribute)
 * Marvin attack: Removal of the RSA method for PKINIT
 * Fix of miscellaneous mistakes in the code

 Enhancement:

 * Rework of TCP request timeout (disabled by default, global timeout setting added)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 affected krb5 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-c0961d31b8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 211268

File Name: fedora_2024-c0961d31b8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3596