Executive Summary



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Summary
Title pam-krb5 vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4314-1 First vendor Publication 2020-03-31
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-03-31
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 9.8
Base Score 9.8 Environmental Score 9.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 9.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

pam-krb5 could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted response.

Software Description: - libpam-krb5: PAM module for MIT Kerberos

Details:

Russ Allbery discovered that pam-krb5 incorrectly handled some responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
libpam-krb5 4.8-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libpam-krb5 4.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpam-krb5 4.7-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libpam-krb5 4.6-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
libpam-krb5 4.5-3ubuntu0.1

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4314-1
CVE-2020-10595

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpam-krb5/4.8-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpam-krb5/4.8-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpam-krb5/4.7-2ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4314-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-03-31 17:18:43
  • First insertion