MIT Kerberos 5-1.8/5-1.8.1/5-1.8.2/5-1.8.3 cryptographic issue
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MIT Kerberos 5-1.8/5-1.8.1/5-1.8.2/5-1.8.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-4020. No exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MIT Kerberos 5-1.8/5-1.8.1/5-1.8.2/5-1.8.3 (Network Authentication Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not reject RC4 key-derivation checksums, which might allow remote authenticated users to forge a (1) AD-SIGNEDPATH or (2) AD-KDC-ISSUED signature, and possibly gain privileges, by leveraging the small key space that results from certain one-byte stream-cipher operations.
The weakness was published 11/30/2010 by Sam Hartman (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-4020 since 10/20/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. 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.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51102 (FreeBSD : krb5 -- RFC 3961 key-derivation checksum handling vulnerability (1d193bba-03f6-11e0-bf50-001a926c7637)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 216007 (VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 Patch Release ESXi410-201104001 Missing (KB1035111)).
A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51102), SecurityFocus (BID 45117†), OSVDB (69608†), Secunia (SA42399†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1024803†). Similar entries are available at VDB-55596, VDB-55591, VDB-55590 and VDB-57340. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
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- Vendor: http://www.mit.edu/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2
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Class: Cryptographic issueCWE: CWE-310
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 51102
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : krb5 -- RFC 3961 key-derivation checksum handling vulnerability (1d193bba-03f6-11e0-bf50-001a926c7637)
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OpenVAS ID: 68692
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: krb5
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Timeline
10/20/2010 🔍11/30/2010 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mit.eduAdvisory: USN-1030-1⛔
Researcher: Sam Hartman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-4020 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4020
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55595
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SecurityFocus: 45117 - MIT Kerberos Checksum AD-SIGNEDPATH and AD-KDC-ISSUED Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 42399 - Red Hat update for krb5, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 69608 - MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) RC4 Key-derivation Checksums One-byte Stream-cipher Operation Signature Forgery Issue
SecurityTracker: 1024803 - MIT Kerberos Checksum Handling Errors May Let Remote or Remote Authenticated Users Forge/Modify Certain Data
Vulnerability Center: 51436 - MIT Kerberos 5 1.8-1.8.3 Allows Remote Attackers to Forge Signatures or Gain Privileges, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-3094
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 10/06/2021 03:04
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (69), 07/14/2017 08:54 (20), 10/06/2021 02:49 (3), 10/06/2021 02:56 (12), 10/06/2021 03:04 (1)
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