RHEL 5 : krb5 (RHSA-2012:0306)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58060

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for krb5.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0306 advisory.

- krb5, krb5-appl: ftpd incorrect group privilege dropping (MITKRB5-SA-2011-005) (CVE-2011-1526)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2012:0306.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58060

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0306.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2012

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1526

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-workstation, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5

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: 2/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1526

BID: 48571

RHSA: 2012:0306

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