krb5 vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-5351   CVE-2014-5352   CVE-2014-5353   CVE-2014-5354   CVE-2014-9421   CVE-2014-9422   CVE-2014-9423  

Several security issues were fixed in Kerberos.

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly sent old keys in response to a -randkey -keepold request. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5351)

10 February 2015

krb5 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 14.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Kerberos.

Software Description

  • krb5 - MIT Kerberos Network Authentication Protocol

Details

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly sent old keys in response to a -randkey -keepold request. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5351)

It was discovered that the libgssapi_krb5 library incorrectly processed security context handles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-5352)

Patrik Kis discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled LDAP queries with no results. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to cause the KDC to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-5353)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled creating database entries for a keyless principal when using LDAP. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to cause the KDC to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-5354)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled memory when processing XDR data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause kadmind to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9421)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled two-component server principals. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform impersonation attacks. (CVE-2014-9422)

It was discovered that the libgssrpc library leaked uninitialized bytes. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2014-9423)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10
krb5-admin-server - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
krb5-kdc - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
krb5-kdc-ldap - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
krb5-otp - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
krb5-pkinit - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
krb5-user - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libgssapi-krb5-2 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libgssrpc4 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libk5crypto3 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libkadm5clnt-mit9 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libkadm5srv-mit9 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libkdb5-7 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libkrad0 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libkrb5-3 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
libkrb5support0 - 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
krb5-admin-server - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5-kdc - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5-kdc-ldap - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5-otp - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5-pkinit - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5-user - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libgssapi-krb5-2 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libgssrpc4 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libk5crypto3 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkadm5clnt-mit9 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkadm5srv-mit8 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkadm5srv-mit9 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkdb5-7 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkrad0 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkrb5-3 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
libkrb5support0 - 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
krb5-admin-server - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
krb5-kdc - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
krb5-kdc-ldap - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
krb5-pkinit - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
krb5-user - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libgssapi-krb5-2 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libgssrpc4 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libk5crypto3 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libkadm5clnt-mit8 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libkadm5srv-mit8 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libkdb5-6 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libkrb5-3 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libkrb53 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
libkrb5support0 - 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
krb5-admin-server - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
krb5-kdc - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
krb5-kdc-ldap - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
krb5-pkinit - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
krb5-user - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libgssapi-krb5-2 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libgssrpc4 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libk5crypto3 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libkadm5clnt-mit7 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libkadm5srv-mit7 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libkdb5-4 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libkrb5-3 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14
libkrb5support0 - 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References