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Debian dla-4065 : krb5-admin-server - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216673

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4065 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4065-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucaris February 23, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : krb5 Version : 1.18.3-6+deb11u6 CVE ID : CVE-2025-24528 Debian Bug : 1094730

 MIT krb5 a popular implementation of Kerberos 5 protocol was affected by a vulnerability.

 An authenticated attacker can cause kadmind to write beyond the end of the mapped region for the iprop log file, likely causing a process crash.

 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 1.18.3-6+deb11u6.

 We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.

 For the detailed security status of krb5 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/krb5

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the krb5-admin-server packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/krb5

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-24528

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/krb5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216673

File Name: debian_DLA-4065.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2025

Updated: 2/23/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24528

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrb5support0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-gss-samples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrad0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkadm5clnt-mit12, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrad-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-kdc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-otp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-admin-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgssapi-krb5-2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrb5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkdb5-10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-multidev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgssrpc4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libk5crypto3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrb5-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-locales, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-user, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkadm5srv-mit12, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrb5-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-kpropd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-k5tls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-kdc-ldap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24528