MIT Kerberos up to 5-1.13 Key access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MIT Kerberos up to 5-1.13 (Network Authentication Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 02/03/2015 by Greg Hudson as MITKRB5-SA-2015-001 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at web.mit.edu. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-9422 since 12/26/2014. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83874 (AIX NAS Advisory : nas_advisory3.asc), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350184 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5: ALAS-2015-518).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100840) and Tenable (83874). The entries 69037, 69038, 69040 and 69192 are related to this item.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 83874
Nessus Name: AIX NAS Advisory : nas_advisory3.asc
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2015-518
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mit.edu

Advisory: MITKRB5-SA-2015-001
Researcher: Greg Hudson
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9422 (🔍)
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X-Force: 100840 - MIT krb5 kadmind security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031691 - MIT Kerberos Multiple Flaws in kadmind Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Remote Authenticted Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 48700 - MIT Kerberos 5 Remote Privileges Escalation due to \x27kadmind\x27 Incorrect Validation of Server Principal Name, Medium
SecurityFocus: 72494 - MIT krb5 kadmind CVE-2014-9422 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Created: 02/05/2015 16:44
Updated: 03/08/2022 14:25
Changes: 02/05/2015 16:44 (78), 06/20/2017 08:46 (5), 03/08/2022 14:20 (4), 03/08/2022 14:25 (1)
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