CentOS 4 : krb5 (CESA-2006:0612)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22197

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated krb5 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to correct a privilege escalation security flaw.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other through use of symmetric encryption and a trusted third party, the KDC.

A flaw was found where some bundled Kerberos-aware applications would fail to check the result of the setuid() call. On Linux 2.6 kernels, the setuid() call can fail if certain user limits are hit. A local attacker could manipulate their environment in such a way to get the applications to continue to run as root, potentially leading to an escalation of privileges. (CVE-2006-3083).

Users are advised to update to these erratum packages which contain a backported fix to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected krb5 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22197

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0612.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:krb5-workstation, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3083

BID: 19427

RHSA: 2006:0612

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