CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
99.7%
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in krb5, an implementation of MIT Kerberos.
A cryptographic weakness in version 4 of the Kerberos protocol allows an attacker to use a chosen-plaintext attack to impersonate any principal in a realm.
Additional cryptographic weaknesses in the krb4 implementation included in the MIT krb5 distribution permit the use of cut-and-paste attacks to fabricate krb4 tickets for unauthorized client principals if triple-DES keys are used to key krb4 services. These attacks can subvert a site’s entire Kerberos authentication infrastructure.
Kerberos version 5 does not contain this cryptographic vulnerability. Sites are not vulnerable if they have Kerberos v4 completely disabled, including the disabling of any krb5 to krb4 translation services.
The MIT Kerberos 5 implementation includes an RPC library derived from SUNRPC. The implementation contains length checks, that are vulnerable to an integer overflow, which may be exploitable to create denials of service or to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Buffer overrun and underrun problems exist in Kerberos principal name handling in unusual cases, such as names with zero components, names with one empty component, or host-based service principal names with no host name component.
This version of the krb5 package changes the default behavior and disallows cross-realm authentication for Kerberos version 4. Because of the fundamental nature of the problem, cross-realm authentication in Kerberos version 4 cannot be made secure and sites should avoid its use. A new option (-X) is provided to the krb5kdc and krb524d commands to re-enable version 4 cross-realm authentication for those sites that must use this functionality but desire the other security fixes.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-266. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(15103);
script_version("1.23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0028", "CVE-2003-0072", "CVE-2003-0082", "CVE-2003-0138", "CVE-2003-0139");
script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"442569");
script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"516825");
script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"623217");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"266");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-266-1 : krb5 - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in krb5, an
implementation of MIT Kerberos.
- A cryptographic weakness in version 4 of the Kerberos
protocol allows an attacker to use a chosen-plaintext
attack to impersonate any principal in a realm.
Additional cryptographic weaknesses in the krb4
implementation included in the MIT krb5 distribution
permit the use of cut-and-paste attacks to fabricate
krb4 tickets for unauthorized client principals if
triple-DES keys are used to key krb4 services. These
attacks can subvert a site's entire Kerberos
authentication infrastructure.
Kerberos version 5 does not contain this cryptographic
vulnerability. Sites are not vulnerable if they have
Kerberos v4 completely disabled, including the disabling
of any krb5 to krb4 translation services.
- The MIT Kerberos 5 implementation includes an RPC
library derived from SUNRPC. The implementation contains
length checks, that are vulnerable to an integer
overflow, which may be exploitable to create denials of
service or to gain unauthorized access to sensitive
information.
- Buffer overrun and underrun problems exist in Kerberos
principal name handling in unusual cases, such as names
with zero components, names with one empty component, or
host-based service principal names with no host name
component.
This version of the krb5 package changes the default behavior and
disallows cross-realm authentication for Kerberos version 4. Because
of the fundamental nature of the problem, cross-realm authentication
in Kerberos version 4 cannot be made secure and sites should avoid its
use. A new option (-X) is provided to the krb5kdc and krb524d commands
to re-enable version 4 cross-realm authentication for those sites that
must use this functionality but desire the other security fixes."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the krb5 package.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.4-5woody4.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain krb5 packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/03/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/03/19");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-admin-server", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-clients", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-doc", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-ftpd", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-kdc", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-rsh-server", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-telnetd", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"krb5-user", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libkadm55", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libkrb5-dev", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libkrb53", reference:"1.2.4-5woody4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");