RHEL 4 : mod_auth_kerb (RHSA-2006:0746)

high Nessus Plugin ID 23797

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for mod_auth_kerb.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2006:0746 advisory.

mod_auth_kerb is module for the Apache HTTP Server designed to provide Kerberos authentication over HTTP.

An off by one flaw was found in the way mod_auth_kerb handles certain Kerberos authentication messages. A remote client could send a specially crafted authentication request which could crash an httpd child process (CVE-2006-5989).

A bug in the handling of multiple realms configured using the KrbAuthRealms directive has also been fixed.

All users of mod_auth_kerb should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that resolve these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL mod_auth_kerb package based on the guidance in RHSA-2006:0746.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23797

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0746.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2006

Updated: 3/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-5989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_auth_kerb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5989

RHSA: 2006:0746

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