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openSUSE Security Update : pam_krb5 (pam_krb5-218)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40098

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Insufficient file access permissions checks allowed users to read Kerberos tickes of other users if pam_krb5 was configured with the option 'existing_ticket' (CVE-2008-3825).

Solution

Update the affected pam_krb5 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425861

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40098

File Name: suse_11_0_pam_krb5-080919.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_krb5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_krb5

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3825

CWE: 264