National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-1189

Overview

The add_to_history function in svr_principal.c in libkadm5srv for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.3.5, when performing a password change, does not properly track the password policy's history count and the maximum number of keys, which can cause an array index out-of-bounds error and may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20041220 MITKRB5-SA-2004-004: heap overflow in libkadm5srv

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110358420909358&w=2

External Source: XF

Name: kerberos-libkadm5srv-bo(18621)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18621

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2004-0069

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0069

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:045

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-045.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:012

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-012.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11911

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11911

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20050110 [USN-58-1] MIT Kerberos server vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110548298407590&w=2

External Source: CONECTIVA

Name: CLA-2005:917

Hyperlink:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000917

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2004:156

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:156

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2005-08-15

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2005-08-17

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11911

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11911