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Oracle Linux 7 : krb5 (ELSA-2015-0439)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 81805

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0439 advisory.

 - fix for CVE-2014-5352 (#1179856) 'gss_process_context_token() incorrectly frees context (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)'
 - fix for CVE-2014-9421 (#1179857) 'kadmind doubly frees partial deserialization results (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)'
 - fix for CVE-2014-9422 (#1179861) 'kadmind incorrectly validates server principal name (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)'
 - fix for CVE-2014-9423 (#1179863) 'libgssrpc server applications leak uninitialized bytes (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)'
 - fix for CVE-2014-5354 (#1174546) 'krb5: NULL pointer dereference when using keyless entries'
 - fix for CVE-2014-5353 (#1174543) 'Fix LDAP misused policy name crash'
 - update to 1.12.2
 - drop patch for RT#7820, fixed in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for #231147, fixed as RT#3277 in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for RT#7818, fixed in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for RT#7836, fixed in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for RT#7858, fixed in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for RT#7924, fixed in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for RT#7926, fixed in 1.12.2
 - drop patches for CVE-2014-4341/CVE-2014-4342, included in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for CVE-2014-4343, included in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for CVE-2014-4344, included in 1.12.2
 - drop patch for CVE-2014-4345, included in 1.12.2
 - incorporate fix for MITKRB5-SA-2014-001 (CVE-2014-4345)
 - gssapi: pull in upstream fix for a possible NULL dereference in spnego (CVE-2014-4344)
 - gssapi: pull in proposed fix for a double free in initiators (David Woodhouse, CVE-2014-4343, #1117963)
 - pull in fix for denial of service by injection of malformed GSSAPI tokens (CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342, #1116181)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0439.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 81805

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0439.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4345

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-workstation, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342, CVE-2014-4343, CVE-2014-4344, CVE-2014-4345, CVE-2014-5352, CVE-2014-5353, CVE-2014-9421, CVE-2014-9422, CVE-2014-9423

BID: 63555, 63770, 68908, 68909, 69159, 69160, 69168, 71679, 71680, 72494, 72495, 72496, 72503

RHSA: 2015:0439