MS05-042: Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service, Information Disclosure and Spoofing (899587)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19405

Synopsis

It is possible to crash the remote service or disclose information.

Description

The remote host contains a version of the Kerberos protocol that contains multiple security flaws that could allow an attacker to crash the remote service (AD), disclose information or spoof a session.

An attacker would need valid credentials to exploit these flaws.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2005/ms05-042

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19405

File Name: smb_nt_ms05-042.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/9/2005

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1981, CVE-2005-1982

BID: 14519, 14520

CERT: 477341, 610133

MSFT: MS05-042

MSKB: 899587