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GLSA-200709-01 : MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 26041
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200709-01 (MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities)A stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2007-3999) has been reported in svcauth_gss_validate() of the RPC library of kadmind. Another vulnerability (CVE-2007-4000) has been found in kadm5_modify_policy_internal(), which does not check the return values of krb5_db_get_policy() correctly.
Impact :
The RPC related vulnerability can be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the host running kadmind. The second vulnerability requires the remote attacker to be authenticated and to have 'modify policy' privileges. It could then also allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.3-r1'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 26041
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200709-01.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 9/14/2007
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: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mit-krb5, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-3999, CVE-2007-4000