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Kerberos kadmind "mechglue" Code Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23690
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Release Date:
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2007-01-10
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Popularity:
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8,646 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Kerberos 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6144
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Kerberos, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of uninitialized pointers when the "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API implementation performs certain error-handling functions. This can be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted packet.
The vulnerability is reported in versions krb5-1.5 through krb5-1.5.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Apply patch:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2006-003-patch.txt
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txt
Other References:
US CERT: VU#831452
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831452
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