Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0239: krb5 (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0239)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 236023

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0239 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2024-3596:
RADIUS Protocol under RFC 2865 is susceptible to forgery attacks by a local attacker who can modify any valid Response (Access-Accept, Access-Reject, or Access-Challenge) to any other response using a chosen- prefix collision attack against MD5 Response Authenticator signature.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 236023

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0239.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-workstation-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libkadm5, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libkadm5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-server-ldap-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-pkinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:krb5-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3596

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