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MDKSA-2003:043-1: krb5

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the krb5 package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2003:043-1 (krb5).

Multiple vulnerabilties have been found in the Kerberos network authentication
system. The MIT Kerberos team have released an advisory detailing these
vulnerabilties, a description of which follows.
An integer signedness error in the ASN.1 decoder before version 1.2.5 permits
remote attackers to cause a crash of the server via a large unsigned data
element length, which is later used as a negative value (CVE-2002-0036).
Mandrake Linux 9.0+ is not affected by this problem.
Vulnerabilties have been found in the RPC library used by the kadmin service. A
faulty length check in the RPC library exposes kadmind to an integer overflow
which can be used to crash kadmind (CVE-2003-0028).
The KDC (Key Distribution Center) before version 1.2.5 permits remote,
authenticated attackers to cause a crash on KDCs within the same realm using a
certain protocol that causes a null dereference (CVE-2003-0058). Mandrake Linux
9.0+ is not affected by this problem.
Users from one realm can impersonate users in other realms that have the same
inter-realm keys due to a vulnerability in Kerberos 1.2.3 and earlier
(CVE-2003-0059). Mandrake Linux 9.0+ is not affected by this problem.
The KDC permits remote, authenticated users to cause a crash on KDCs within the
same realm using a certain protocol request that causes an out-of-bounds read of
an array (CVE-2003-0072).
The KDC permits remote, authenticated users to cause a crash on KDCs within the
same realm using a certain protocol request that causes the KDC to corrupt its
heap (CVE-2003-0082).
Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Kerberos IV authentication protocol
which permit a possible hacker with knowledge of a cross-realm key, which is shared in
another realm, to impersonate a principle in that realm to any service in that
realm. This vulnerability can only be closed by disabling cross-realm
authentication in Kerberos IV (CVE-2003-0138).
Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the support for triple-DES keys in the
Kerberos IV authentication protocol which is included in MIT Kerberos
(CVE-2003-0139).
MandrakeSoft encourages all users to upgrade to these updated packages
immediately which contain patches to correct all of the previously noted
vulnerabilities. These packages also disable Kerberos IV cross-realm
authentication by default.
Update:
The packages for Mandrake Linux 9.1 and 9.1/PPC were not GPG-signed. This has
been fixed and as a result the md5sums have changed. Thanks to Mark Lyda for
pointing this out.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:043-1
Network Security Threat Level: High

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