Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Heimdal vulnerabilities (USN-5800-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170001

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5800-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Heimdal incorrectly handled certain SPNEGO tokens. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44758)

Evgeny Legerov discovered that Heimdal incorrectly handled memory when performing certain DES decryption operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3437)

Greg Hudson discovered that Kerberos PAC implementation used in Heimdal incorrectly handled certain parsing operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42898)

It was discovered that Heimdal's KDC did not properly handle certain error conditions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-44640)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5800-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170001

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5800-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-servers-x, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-kcm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgssapi3-heimdal, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhdb9-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkadm5srv8-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhcrypto4-heimdal, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libotp0-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkadm5clnt7-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-servers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-multidev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libasn1-8-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwind0-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-clients, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheimbase1-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhx509-5-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libroken18-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkrb5-26-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsl0-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkafs0-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdc2-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheimntlm0-heimdal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-kdc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heimdal-clients-x

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44758, CVE-2022-3437, CVE-2022-42898, CVE-2022-44640

USN: 5800-1