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.

Fix CVE-2017-15088 (Buffer overflow in get_matching_data())

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Remove build dependency on python-pyrad. It is only used on the test suite, and we gracefully skip the tests if it is not present.

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Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An update of the krb5 package has been released.

According to the version of the krb5 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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. (CVE-2017-15088)

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

An update of 'krb5', 'libjpeg-turbo', 'libtiff' packages of Photon OS has been released.

This update for krb5 fixes the following securitz issue&Ouml;

  - CVE-2017-15088: A buffer overflow in get_matching_data()     was fixed that could under specific circumstances be     used to execute code (bsc#1065274)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

This update for krb5 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15088: A buffer overflow in get_matching_data()     was fixed that could under specific circumstances be     used to execute code (bsc#1065274)

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According to the version of the krb5 packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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. (CVE-2017-15088)

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

According to the versions of the krb5 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - null dereference in kadmind or DN container check     bypass by supplying special crafted data     (CVE-2018-5729)

  - DN container check bypass by supplying special crafted     data (CVE-2018-5730)

  - A stack based buffer overflow was found in the     get_matching_data() function, when reading the     principal's certificate during pkinit     preauthentication. If the Certifcate Authority's     subject line is sufficiently long, an attacker able to     have a specially crafted certificate signed could crash     the authentication process, such as kinit, or,     possibly, run arbitrary code.(CVE-2017-15088 )

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of 'linux', 'krb5', 'subversion', 'apr', 'ncurses' packages of Photon OS has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
266225	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : krb5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0215)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	9/30/2025	10/1/2025	critical
105842	Fedora 27 : krb5 (2017-2dd6c320a4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	1/11/2021	critical
121788	Photon OS 2.0: Krb5 PHSA-2017-2.0-0007	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	7/23/2024	critical
106149	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2018-1008)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	11/3/2025	critical
111905	Photon OS 2.0: Krb5 / Libjpeg / Libtiff PHSA-2017-2.0-0007 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/17/2018	2/7/2019	critical
104524	openSUSE Security Update : krb5 (openSUSE-2017-1266)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/13/2017	1/19/2021	critical
121779	Photon OS 1.0: Krb5 PHSA-2017-1.0-0093	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	7/23/2024	critical
104473	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : krb5 (SUSE-SU-2017:2948-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/9/2017	1/6/2021	critical
117549	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.0 : krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2018-1240)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	9/18/2018	8/7/2024	critical
119526	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2018-1398)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/10/2018	7/16/2024	critical
220639	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-15088	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	8/20/2025	critical
111903	Photon OS 1.0: Apr / Krb5 / Linux / Ncurses / Subversion PHSA-2017-1.0-0093 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/17/2018	4/5/2019	critical
106148	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2018-1007)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	11/3/2025	critical

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