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GLSA-201201-14 : MIT Kerberos 5 Applications: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 57656
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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-201201-14 (MIT Kerberos 5 Applications: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 Applications:
An error in the FTP daemon prevents it from dropping its initial effective group identifier (CVE-2011-1526).
A boundary error in the telnet daemon and client could cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2011-4862).
Impact :
An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the telnet daemon or client.
Furthermore, an authenticated remote attacker may be able to read or write files owned by the same group as the effective group of the FTP daemon.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All MIT Kerberos 5 Applications users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-appl-1.0.2-r1'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 57656
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201201-14.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 1/24/2012
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mit-krb5-appl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2012
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
GLSA: 201201-14