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HistorySep 06, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2012:120)

2012-09-0600:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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18

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.134

Percentile

95.6%

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in krb5 :

The MIT krb5 KDC (Key Distribution Center) daemon can free an uninitialized pointer while processing an unusual AS-REQ, corrupting the process heap and possibly causing the daemon to abnormally terminate. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute malicious code, but exploiting frees of uninitialized pointers to execute code is believed to be difficult. It is possible that a legitimate client that is misconfigured in an unusual way could trigger this vulnerability (CVE-2012-1015).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:120. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(61970);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1015");
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2012:120");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2012:120)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in krb5 :

The MIT krb5 KDC (Key Distribution Center) daemon can free an
uninitialized pointer while processing an unusual AS-REQ, corrupting
the process heap and possibly causing the daemon to abnormally
terminate. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute
malicious code, but exploiting frees of uninitialized pointers to
execute code is believed to be difficult. It is possible that a
legitimate client that is misconfigured in an unusual way could
trigger this vulnerability (CVE-2012-1015).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-server-ldap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-workstation");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb53");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb53-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb53");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb53-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"krb5-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"krb5-server-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"krb5-server-ldap-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"krb5-workstation-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64krb53-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64krb53-devel-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libkrb53-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libkrb53-devel-1.9.1-1.4-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.134

Percentile

95.6%