Summary
This host is installed with Kerberos5 and is prone to multiple Integer Underflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Impact level: Application
Solution
Apply patch from below link,
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2009-004-patch_1.7.txt http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2009-004-patch_1.6.3.txt
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NOTE: Ignore this warning if above mentioned patch is already applied.
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Insight
Multiple Integer Underflow due to errors within the 'AES' and 'RC4' decryption functionality in the crypto library in MIT Kerberos when proccessing ciphertext with a length that is too short to be valid.
Affected
kerberos5 version 1.3 to 1.6.3, and 1.7
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-4212 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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