Debian DSA-1367-1 : krb5 - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 25974

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that a buffer overflow of the RPC library of the MIT Kerberos reference implementation allows the execution of arbitrary code.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the Kerberos packages.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-7etch3.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2007-07

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1367

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 25974

File Name: debian_DSA-1367.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3999

BID: 25534

CWE: 119, 20

DSA: 1367

TRA: TRA-2007-07