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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in KTH Kerberos 4/5. This affects some unknown processing of the component Telnet Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
KTH Kerberos IV and Kerberos V (Heimdal) for Telnet clients do not encrypt connections if the server does not support the requested encryption, which allows remote attackers to read communications via a man-in-the-middle attack.
The weakness was disclosed 08/27/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-1443 since 04/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (10640). The entry 17248 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Missing encryptionCWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/27/2001 🔍08/27/2001 🔍
04/21/2005 🔍
07/08/2014 🔍
06/03/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: kb.cert.orgStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2001-1443 (🔍)
X-Force: 10640 - KTH Kerberos could allow an attacker to establish an unencrypted Telnet connection
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Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 15:25Updated: 06/03/2018 10:48
Changes: 07/08/2014 15:25 (51), 06/03/2018 10:48 (2)
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