The merge_authdata function in kdc_authdata.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly manage an index into an authorization-data list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash), or possibly obtain sensitive information, spoof authorization, or execute arbitrary code, via a TGS request that triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference, as demonstrated by a request from a Windows Active Directory client.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has krb5 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles     Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial     of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related     to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use     cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin     code that is specific to Red Hat. (CVE-2017-15088)

  - The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT     Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute     arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error     condition. (CVE-2011-0285)

  - schpw.c in the kpasswd service in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.11.3 does not properly     validate UDP packets before sending responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged packet that triggers a communication loop, as demonstrated by     krb_pingpong.nasl, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103. (CVE-2002-2443)

  - The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b)     Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to     gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known     whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues. (CVE-2006-3084)

  - The RPC library in Kerberos 5 1.4 through 1.4.4, and 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration     daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, calls an uninitialized function pointer in     freed memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute     arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2006-6143)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

  - The merge_authdata function in kdc_authdata.c in the Key     Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5)     1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly manage an index     into an authorization-data list, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash),     or possibly obtain sensitive information, spoof     authorization, or execute arbitrary code, via a TGS     request that triggers an uninitialized pointer     dereference, as demonstrated by a request from a Windows     Active Directory client. (CVE-2010-1322)

  - MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.3.x, 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x,     1.7.x, and 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not properly     determine the acceptability of checksums, which might     allow remote attackers to modify user-visible prompt     text, modify a response to a Key Distribution Center     (KDC), or forge a KRB-SAFE message via certain checksums     that (1) are unkeyed or (2) use RC4 keys.
    (CVE-2010-1323)

  - MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x and 1.8.x through 1.8.3     does not properly determine the acceptability of     checksums, which might allow remote attackers to forge     GSS tokens, gain privileges, or have unspecified other     impact via (1) an unkeyed checksum, (2) an unkeyed PAC     checksum, or (3) a KrbFastArmoredReq checksum based on     an RC4 key. (CVE-2010-1324)

  - MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not     reject RC4 key-derivation checksums, which might allow     remote authenticated users to forge a (1) AD-SIGNEDPATH     or (2) AD-KDC-ISSUED signature, and possibly gain     privileges, by leveraging the small key space that     results from certain one-byte stream-cipher operations.
    (CVE-2010-4020)

  - The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka     krb5) 1.7 does not properly restrict the use of TGT     credentials for armoring TGS requests, which might allow     remote authenticated users to impersonate a client by     rewriting an inner request, aka a 'KrbFastReq forgery     issue.' (CVE-2010-4021)

  - Double free vulnerability in the prepare_error_as     function in do_as_req.c in the Key Distribution Center     (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9, when     the PKINIT feature is enabled, allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code via an e_data field containing     typed data. (CVE-2011-0284)

remote authenticated clients could crash the kdc (CVE-2010-1322).

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0200 advisory.

    - add upstream patches to fix standalone kpropd exiting if the per-client       child process exits with an error, and hang or crash in the KDC when using       the LDAP kdb backend (CVE-2010-4022, CVE-2011-0281, CVE-2011-0282, #671101)
    - incorporate candidate patch to fix various issues from MITKRB5-SA-2010-007       (CVE-2010-1323, CVE-2010-1324, CVE-2010-4020, #651962)

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.

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC handled TGS (Ticket-granting Server) request messages. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC or, possibly, disclose KDC memory or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the KDC (krb5kdc). (CVE-2010-1322)

After installing the updated packages, the krb5kdc daemon will be restarted automatically.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-13 (MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the administration daemon or the Key Distribution Center       (KDC) daemon, cause a Denial of Service condition, or possibly obtain       sensitive information. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to       spoof Kerberos authorization, modify KDC responses, forge user data       messages, forge tokens, forge signatures, impersonate a client, modify       user-visible prompt text, or have other unspecified impact.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0863 advisory.

    Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and     servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a     trusted third party, the Key Distribution Center (KDC).

    An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC     handled TGS (Ticket-granting Server) request messages. A remote,     authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC or, possibly,     disclose KDC memory or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the     KDC (krb5kdc). (CVE-2010-1322)

    Red Hat would like to thank the MIT Kerberos Team for reporting this issue.
    Upstream acknowledges Mike Roszkowski as the original reporter.

    All krb5 users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a     backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated     packages, the krb5kdc daemon will be restarted automatically.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update incorporates the upstream patch to fix an uninitialized pointer crash in the KDC's authorization data handling routines (CVE-2010-1322). It also pulls up a few backports and compilation flag changes from F15.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in krb5 :

The merge_authdata function in kdc_authdata.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly manage an index into an authorization-data list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash), or possibly obtain sensitive information, spoof authorization, or execute arbitrary code, via a TGS request, as demonstrated by a request from a Windows Active Directory client (CVE-2010-1322).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Mike Roszkowski discovered that the Kerberos KDC did not correctly validate the contents of certain messages. If an authenticated remote attacker sent specially crafted TGS requests, the KDC service would crash, leading to a denial of service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
266225	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : krb5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0215)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
80653	Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : kerberos (cve_2010_1322_improper_input)	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	medium
75558	openSUSE Security Update : krb5 (openSUSE-SU-2010:0709-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
68196	Oracle Linux 6 : krb5 (ELSA-2011-0200)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
60894	Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL6.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
57655	GLSA-201201-13 : MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
50635	RHEL 6 : krb5 (RHSA-2010:0863)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
49988	Fedora 14 : krb5-1.8.2-6.fc14 (2010-15803)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
49972	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2010:202)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
49772	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : krb5 vulnerability (USN-999-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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