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GLSA-200904-09 : MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 36137
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-200904-09 (MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in MIT Kerberos 5:
A free() call on an uninitialized pointer in the ASN.1 decoder when decoding an invalid encoding (CVE-2009-0846).
A buffer overread in the SPNEGO GSS-API application, reported by Apple Product Security (CVE-2009-0844).
A NULL pointer dereference in the SPNEGO GSS-API application, reported by Richard Evans (CVE-2009-0845).
An incorrect length check inside an ASN.1 decoder leading to spurious malloc() failures (CVE-2009-0847).
Impact :
A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit the first vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service or, in unlikely circumstances, execute arbitrary code on the host running krb5kdc or kadmind with root privileges and compromise the Kerberos key database. Exploitation of the other vulnerabilities might lead to a Denial of Service in kadmind, krb5kdc, or other daemons performing authorization against Kerberos that utilize GSS-API or an information disclosure.
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-krb5-1.6.3-r6'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 36137
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200904-09.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 4/11/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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: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: 4/8/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0844, CVE-2009-0845, CVE-2009-0846, CVE-2009-0847