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F5 Networks BIG-IP : MIT Kerberos 5 vulnerability (K15547)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78192

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read or NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session. (CVE-2014-4342)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K15547.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15547

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78192

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL15547.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: Local

Published: 10/10/2014

Updated: 10/21/2026

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4342

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4342

BID: 68908