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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2007:174-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 26006

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the RPC library used by Kerberos' kadmind program by Tenable Network Security.
A remote unauthenticated user who could access kadmind would be able to trigger the flaw and cause it to crash (CVE-2007-3999). This issue is only applicable to Kerberos 1.4 and higher.

Garrett Wollman found an uninitialized pointer vulnerability in kadmind which a remote unauthenticated attacker able to access kadmind could exploit to cause kadmind to crash (CVE-2007-4000). This issue is only applicable to Kerberos 1.5 and higher.

Update :

The MIT Kerberos Team found a problem with the originally published patch for CVE-2007-3999. A remote unauthenticated attacker able to access kadmind could trigger this flaw and cause kadmind to crash.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2007-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 26006

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-174.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Published: 9/7/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ftp-client-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ftp-server-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb53, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb53-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb53, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb53-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:telnet-client-krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:telnet-server-krb5, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3999, CVE-2007-4000, CVE-2007-4743

BID: 25534

CWE: 119, 20, 264

MDKSA: 2007:174-1

TRA: TRA-2007-07