MIT Kerberos 5 1.1/5 1.1.1 GSSFTP Daemon privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MIT Kerberos 5 1.1/5 1.1.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component GSSFTP Daemon. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0514. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MIT Kerberos 5 1.1/5 1.1.1 (Network Authentication Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component GSSFTP Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GSSFTP FTP daemon in Kerberos 5 1.1.x does not properly restrict access to some FTP commands, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and local users to gain root privileges.

The weakness was presented 06/14/2000 by Tom Yu (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0514. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/26/2018). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4734), SecurityFocus (BID 1374†) and OSVDB (4885†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/26/2018 +1431 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mit.edu

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Tom Yu
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0514 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0514
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15668
X-Force: 4734 - MIT Kerberos gssftp daemon denial of service
SecurityFocus: 1374 - GSSFTP Daemon Input Validation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 4885 - MIT Kerberos 5 GSSFTP FTP Command Restriction Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 12:06
Updated: 05/26/2018 07:56
Changes: 06/25/2014 12:06 (55), 05/26/2018 07:56 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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