NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : krb5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0215)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 266225

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has krb5 packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat. (CVE-2017-15088)

- The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error condition. (CVE-2011-0285)

- schpw.c in the kpasswd service in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.11.3 does not properly validate UDP packets before sending responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged packet that triggers a communication loop, as demonstrated by krb_pingpong.nasl, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103. (CVE-2002-2443)

- The (1) ftpd and (2) ksu programs in (a) MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.5, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and (b) Heimdal 0.7.2 and earlier, do not check return codes for setuid calls, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail to drop privileges. NOTE: as of 20060808, it is not known whether an exploitable attack scenario exists for these issues. (CVE-2006-3084)

- The RPC library in Kerberos 5 1.4 through 1.4.4, and 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, calls an uninitialized function pointer in freed memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2006-6143)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL krb5 packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 266225

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0215_krb5.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 10/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15088

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:libkadm5, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:krb5-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-2443, CVE-2006-3084, CVE-2006-6143, CVE-2006-6144, CVE-2007-0956, CVE-2007-0957, CVE-2007-1216, CVE-2007-2442, CVE-2007-2443, CVE-2007-2798, CVE-2007-3999, CVE-2007-4000, CVE-2007-4743, CVE-2007-5901, CVE-2007-5971, CVE-2008-0062, CVE-2008-0063, CVE-2008-0947, CVE-2009-0844, CVE-2009-0845, CVE-2009-0846, CVE-2009-0847, CVE-2009-3295, CVE-2009-4212, CVE-2010-0283, CVE-2010-0628, CVE-2010-1320, CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-1322, CVE-2010-4022, CVE-2011-0281, CVE-2011-0282, CVE-2011-0283, CVE-2011-0284, CVE-2011-0285, CVE-2011-1527, CVE-2011-1528, CVE-2011-1529, CVE-2011-1530, CVE-2012-1012, CVE-2012-1014, CVE-2012-1015, CVE-2013-1418, CVE-2013-6800, CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342, CVE-2014-4343, CVE-2014-4344, CVE-2014-4345, CVE-2014-5351, CVE-2014-5352, CVE-2014-5353, CVE-2014-5354, CVE-2014-5355, CVE-2014-9421, CVE-2014-9422, CVE-2014-9423, CVE-2015-2694, CVE-2015-2695, CVE-2015-2696, CVE-2015-2697, CVE-2015-2698, CVE-2015-8629, CVE-2015-8630, CVE-2015-8631, CVE-2016-3119, CVE-2016-3120, CVE-2017-11368, CVE-2017-11462, CVE-2017-15088, CVE-2018-5729, CVE-2018-5730, CVE-2020-28196

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