MIT Kerberos 5-1.3.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MIT Kerberos 5-1.3.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-0642. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MIT Kerberos 5-1.3.4 (Network Authentication Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Double free vulnerabilities in the error handling code for ASN.1 decoders in the (1) Key Distribution Center (KDC) library and (2) client library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.4 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2004. The weakness was published 08/31/2004 by Will Fiveash and Nico Williams with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at web.mit.edu. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0642 since 07/08/2004. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14595 (RHEL 3 : krb5 (RHSA-2004:350)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38387 (Sun Solaris KDC Daemon and Kerberos V5 Libraries Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at web.mit.edu. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17157), Tenable (14595), SecurityFocus (BID 11078†), OSVDB (9407†) and Secunia (SA12408†). secunia.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-816, VDB-818, VDB-817 and VDB-22258. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 14595
Nessus Name: RHEL 3 : krb5 (RHSA-2004:350)
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OpenVAS ID: 53233
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 543-1 (krb5)
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Patch: web.mit.edu

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mit.edu

Advisory: web.mit.edu
Researcher: Will Fiveash, Nico Williams
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-815

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X-Force: 17157 - Kerberos KDC ASN.1 error handling double-free code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 11078 - MIT Kerberos 5 Multiple Double-Free Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12408 - Kerberos V5 Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 9407 - MIT Kerberos 5 Double-free Error Condition Code Execution
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 5292

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2004 15:03
Updated: 12/16/2024 03:11
Changes: 09/01/2004 15:03 (93), 06/29/2019 09:55 (2), 06/24/2024 08:31 (17), 12/16/2024 03:11 (3)
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