| Descripción: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:562.
Kerberos is a networked authentication system which uses a trusted third
party (a KDC) to authenticate clients and servers to each other.
A double-free flaw was found in the krb5_recvauth() routine which may be
triggered by a remote unauthenticated attacker. Although no exploit is
currently known to exist, this issue could potentially be exploited to
allow arbitrary code execution on a Key Distribution Center (KDC). The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name
CVE-2005-1689 to this issue.
Daniel Wachdorf discovered a single byte heap overflow in the
krb5_unparse_name() function, part of krb5-libs. Sucessful exploitation of
this flaw would lead to a denial of service (crash). To trigger this flaw
an attacker would need to have control of a kerberos realm that shares a
cross-realm key with the target, making exploitation of this flaw unlikely.
(CVE-2005-1175).
Gaël Delalleau discovered an information disclosure issue in the way
some telnet clients handle messages from a server. An attacker could
construct a malicious telnet server that collects information from the
environment of any victim who connects to it using the Kerberos-aware
telnet client (CVE-2005-0488).
The rcp protocol allows a server to instruct a client to write to arbitrary
files outside of the current directory. This could potentially cause a
security issue if a user uses the Kerberos-aware rcp to copy files from a
malicious server (CVE-2004-0175).
All users of krb5 should update to these erratum packages which contain
backported patches to correct these issues. Red Hat would like to thank
the MIT Kerberos Development Team for their responsible disclosure of these
issues.
Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-002-kdc.txt
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
7.5
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