Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Kerberos PKINIT Transaction memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Kerberos. The manipulation as part of a PKINIT Transaction leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 08/09/2005. The weakness was released 08/09/2005 by Tony Chin with Shell as MS05-042 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1982 since 06/17/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2000 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19405 (MS05-042: Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service, Information Disclosure and Spoofing (899587)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.
Applying the patch MS05-042 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21626) and Tenable (19405). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 1690.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 19405
Nessus Name: MS05-042: Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service, Information Disclosure and Spoofing (899587)
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Patch: MS05-042
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS05-042
Researcher: Tony Chin
Organization: Shell
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-1982 (🔍)
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X-Force: 21626
SecurityTracker: 1014642
Vulnerability Center: 8897 - [MS05-042] Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 Kerberos PKINIT Man-In-The-Middle Attack, Low
SecurityFocus: 14520 - Microsoft Windows Kerberos PKINIT Man In The Middle Vulnerability
Secunia: 16368 - Microsoft Windows Two Kerberos Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 18609 - MS05-042 - Kerberos PKINIT - Man In The Middle - (KB899587)
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Entry
Created: 08/10/2005 11:16Updated: 03/11/2021 20:09
Changes: 08/10/2005 11:16 (91), 07/04/2019 09:24 (4), 03/11/2021 20:09 (2)
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