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RHEL 6 : krb5 (RHSA-2010:0925)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 50852
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for krb5.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0925 advisory.- krb5: incorrect acceptance of certain checksums (MITKRB5-SA-2010-007) (CVE-2010-1323)
- krb5: multiple checksum handling vulnerabilities (MITKRB5-SA-2010-007) (CVE-2010-1324)
- krb5: krb5 may accept authdata checksums with low-entropy derived keys (MITKRB5-SA-2010-007) (CVE-2010-4020)
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-2010:0925.See Also
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-007.txt
http://www.nessus.org/u?4a1e6419
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0925
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644825
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648674
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 50852
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0925.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/1/2010
Updated: 4/21/2024
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: 3.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1324
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4020
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server-ldap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-1323, CVE-2010-1324, CVE-2010-4020
RHSA: 2010:0925