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FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- heimdal KDC-REP service name validation vulnerability (420243e9-a840-11e7-b5af-a4badb2f4699)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103656

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

There is a programming error in the Heimdal implementation that used an unauthenticated, plain-text version of the KDC-REP service name found in a ticket. Impact : An attacker who has control of the network between a client and the service it talks to will be able to impersonate the service, allowing a successful man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that circumvents the mutual authentication.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?846b53e9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103656

File Name: freebsd_pkg_420243e9a84011e7b5afa4badb2f4699.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 10/4/2017

Updated: 11/19/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1110

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1110

FreeBSD: SA-17:05.heimdal