SuSE 10 Security Update : Kerberos 5 (ZYPP Patch Number 7899)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 57431

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of krb5 fixes two security issues.

- A remote code execution in the kerberized telnet daemon was fixed. (This only affects the ktelnetd from the krb5-appl RPM, not the regular telnetd supplied by SUSE.). (CVE-2011-4862)

- / MITKRB5-SA-2011-005: Fixed krb5 ftpd unauthorized file access problems. (CVE-2011-1526)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 7899.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1526.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4862.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 57431

File Name: suse_krb5-7899.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Linux BSD-derived Telnet Service Encryption Key ID Buffer Overflow)

ExploitHub (EH-11-760)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1526, CVE-2011-4862