2004-09-30-ASN.1
Published: 2004-09-30 14:18:19
Updated: 2004-09-30 14:18:19
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IBM SECURITY ADVISORY
First Issued: Thu Sep 30 14:42:06 CDT 2004
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VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
VULNERABILITY: Double free vulnerabilities may result in a denial of
service or allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A vulnerability in the ASN.1 decoder library may
allow an attacker to cause an infinite loop
resulting in a denial of service.
PLATFORMS: AIX 5.1, AIX 5.2 and AIX 5.3.
SOLUTION: Apply the fixes described below.
THREAT: A remote attacker may execute arbitrary code or cause
a denial of service against a KDC or kerberoized
daemon or client.
CERT VU Number: VU#795632 (CAN-2004-0642), VU#866472 (CAN-2004-0643)
and VU#550464 (CAN-2004-0644)
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DETAILED INFORMATION
I. Description
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The MIT Kerberos team recently reported various vulnerabilities in Kerberos
version 5. AIX includes several kerberoized applications which are affected
by these vulnerabilities. The applications include NFS version 4.0; the
LDAP, KRB5 and KRB5A authentication modules; OpenSSH and the secure
r-commands (rsh, krshd, rlogin, krlogind, ftp, ftpd and telnet, telnetd
when configured to use Kerberos). Kerberos is available for AIX via Network
Authentication Service on the Expansion Pack.
VU#795632 (CAN-2004-0642) and VU#866472 (CAN-2004-0643) may allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary code on a KDC, kerberoized daemon or
kerberoized client. VU#550464 (CAN-2004-0644) may be exploited to cause a
KDC, kerberoized daemon or kerberoized client to hang in an infinite loop
resulting in a denial of service. More information about these
vulnerabilities can be found in MIT krb5 security advisories 2004-002 and
2004-003 which are located at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/.
The following versions of Network Authentication Service are vulnerable:
* Network Authentication Service 1.3.0.1 and earlier
* Network Authentication Service 1.4.0.0
To determine what version of Network Authentication Service is installed,
execute the following commands:
# lslpp -L krb5.client.rte
# lslpp -L krb5.server.rte
If the filesets are installed they will be listed along with version
information, state, type and a description. The first command prints
information for the client fileset and the second command prints
information for the server fileset. Affected hosts should upgrade all
affected Network Authentication Service filesets that are installed.
II. Impact
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A remote attacker may cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
III. Solutions
===============
A. Official Fix
IBM provides the following fixes:
AIX 5.1.0: Customers using version 1.3.0.1 and earlier may contact your
local IBM AIX support center to request version 1.3.0.2 or
version 1.4.0.1.
Customers using version 1.4.0.0 may contact your local IBM AIX
support center to request version 1.4.0.1.
Customers may upgrade to version 1.4.0.1 available on the
AIX 5L for POWER V5.1 Expansion Pack
(form number LCD4-1079-10). The Expansion Pack will be
available on 12/03/04.
AIX 5.2.0: Customers using version 1.4.0.0 may contact your local
IBM AIX support center to request version 1.4.0.1.
Customers may upgrade to version 1.4.0.1 available on the
AIX 5L for POWER V5.2 Expansion Pack
(form number LCD4-1142-06). The Expansion Pack will be
available on 12/03/04.
AIX 5.3.0: Customers using version 1.4.0.0 may contact your local
IBM AIX support center to request version 1.4.0.1.
Customers may upgrade to version 1.4.0.1 available on the
AIX 5L for POWER V5.3 Expansion Pack
(form number LCD4-7460-01). The Expansion Pack will be
available on 12/03/04.
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