Debian DLA-146-1 : krb5 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 82129

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiples vulnerabilities have been found in krb5, the MIT implementation of Kerberos :

CVE-2014-5352

Incorrect memory management in the libgssapi_krb5 library might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2014-9421

Incorrect memory management in kadmind's processing of XDR data might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2014-9422

Incorrect processing of two-component server principals might result in impersonation attacks.

CVE-2014-9423

An information leak in the libgssrpc library.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/02/msg00002.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/krb5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82129

File Name: debian_DLA-146.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-admin-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-kdc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-kdc-ldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-multidev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-user, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrb5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrb53, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5352, CVE-2014-9421, CVE-2014-9422, CVE-2014-9423

BID: 72494, 72495, 72496, 72503