MiracleLinux 4 : krb5-1.9-33.AXS4.2 (AXSA:2012-836:04)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 283915

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2012-836:04 advisory.

Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system, which can improve your network's security by eliminating the insecure practice of cleartext passwords.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2012-1013 The check_1_6_dummy function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x, 1.9.x, and 1.10.x before 1.10.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a KRB5_KDB_DISALLOW_ALL_TIX create request that lacks a password.
CVE-2012-1015 The kdc_handle_protected_negotiation function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 attempts to calculate a checksum before verifying that the key type is appropriate for a checksum, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free, heap memory corruption, and daemon crash) via a crafted AS-REQ request.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 283915

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-836.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1015

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1013

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-server, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-server-ldap

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1013, CVE-2012-1015

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