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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa6b3ba5 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200803-31"> + <title>MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilites have been found in MIT Kerberos 5, which could + allow a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with root + privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mit-krb5</product> + <announced>March 24, 2008</announced> + <revised>March 24, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>199205</bug> + <bug>212363</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-crypt/mit-krb5" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.6.3-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.3-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos + network protocol. kadmind is the MIT Kerberos 5 administration daemon, + KDC is the Key Distribution Center. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <ul><li>Two vulnerabilities were found in the Kerberos 4 support in + KDC: A global variable is not set for some incoming message types, + leading to a NULL pointer dereference or a double free() + (CVE-2008-0062) and unused portions of a buffer are not properly + cleared when generating an error message, which results in stack + content being contained in a reply (CVE-2008-0063).</li> + <li>Jeff + Altman (Secure Endpoints) discovered a buffer overflow in the RPC + library server code, used in the kadmin server, caused when too many + file descriptors are opened (CVE-2008-0947).</li> + <li>Venustech AD-LAB + discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GSSAPI library: usage of a + freed variable in the gss_indicate_mechs() function (CVE-2007-5901) and + a double free() vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3() + function (CVE-2007-5971).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + The first two vulnerabilities can be exploited by a remote + unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host running + krb5kdc, compromise the Kerberos key database or cause a Denial of + Service. These bugs can only be triggered when Kerberos 4 support is + enabled. + </p> + <p> + The RPC related vulnerability can be exploited by a remote + unauthenticated attacker to crash kadmind, and theoretically execute + arbitrary code with root privileges or cause database corruption. This + bug can only be triggered in configurations that allow large numbers of + open file descriptors in a process. + </p> + <p> + The GSSAPI vulnerabilities could be exploited by a remote attacker to + cause Denial of Service conditions or possibly execute arbitrary code. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Kerberos 4 support can be disabled via disabling the "krb4" USE flag + and recompiling the ebuild, or setting "v4_mode=none" in the + [kdcdefaults] section of /etc/krb5/kdc.conf. This will only work around + the KDC related vulnerabilities. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5894">CVE-2007-5901</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5971">CVE-2007-5971</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0062">CVE-2008-0062</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0063">CVE-2008-0063</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0947">CVE-2008-0947</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:11:44 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:06:42 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:15:12 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |