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RHEL 5 : krb5 (RHSA-2009:0408)
high Nessus Plugin ID 36112
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for krb5.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2009:0408 advisory.- krb5: buffer over-read in SPNEGO GSS-API mechanism (MITKRB5-SA-2009-001) (CVE-2009-0844)
- krb5: NULL pointer dereference in GSSAPI SPNEGO (MITKRB5-SA-2009-001) (CVE-2009-0845)
- krb5: ASN.1 decoder can free uninitialized pointer when decoding an invalid encoding (MITKRB5-SA-2009-002) (CVE-2009-0846)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL krb5 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2009:0408.See Also
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-001.txt
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt
http://www.nessus.org/u?325ae214
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0408
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490634
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36112
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-0408.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/8/2009
Updated: 4/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0846
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0845
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2009