Debian DSA-4648-1 : libpam-krb5 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135103

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Russ Allbery discovered a buffer overflow in the PAM module for MIT Kerberos, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libpam-krb5 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.7-4+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8-2+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135103

File Name: debian_DSA-4648.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/2/2020

Updated: 3/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10595

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-krb5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10595

DSA: 4648

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