Sun Solaris 9 Kerberos V5 libkadm5srv memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Sun Solaris 9. The affected element is an unknown function in the library libkadm5srv of the component Kerberos V5. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1189. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sun Solaris 9 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality in the library libkadm5srv of the component Kerberos V5. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/20/2004. The weakness was presented 01/17/2005 by Michael Tautschnig with MIT Kerberos Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1189 since 12/13/2004. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18834 (FreeBSD : krb5 -- heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libkadm5srv (0bb7677d-52f3-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115270 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-007 v1.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-08-17)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at web.mit.edu.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18621), Tenable (18834), SecurityFocus (BID 12059†), OSVDB (12533†) and Secunia (SA13592†). See VDB-1078, VDB-22503, VDB-22509 and VDB-24976 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 18834
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : krb5 -- heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libkadm5srv (0bb7677d-52f3-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 53467
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 629-1 (krb5)
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Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: web.mit.edu

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12/13/2004 🔍
12/20/2004 +7 days 🔍
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12/21/2004 +1 days 🔍
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12/31/2004 +10 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +10 days 🔍
01/17/2005 +7 days 🔍
02/13/2005 +27 days 🔍
07/13/2005 +150 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Michael Tautschnig
Organization: MIT Kerberos Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1128

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X-Force: 18621 - Kerberos libkadm5srv buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 12059 - MIT Kerberos 5 Administration Library Add_To_History Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 13592 - Kerberos V5 "libkadm5srv" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12533 - CVE-2004-1189 - MIT - Kerberos - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7057 - Buffer Overflow in MIT Kerberos 5 via libkadm5srv Administration Library, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2005 09:57
Updated: 03/10/2021 13:40
Changes: 01/10/2005 09:57 (95), 06/30/2019 23:24 (5), 03/10/2021 13:40 (2)
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