| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/krb5 |
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-3576 |
| packages | www.packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/krb5 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4195-1 [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucaris
May 30, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : krb5
Version : 1.18.3-6+deb11u7
CVE ID : CVE-2025-3576
Debian Bug : 1103525
A Vulnerability in the MIT Kerberos implementation
allows GSSAPI-protected messages using RC4-HMAC-MD5
to be spoofed due to weaknesses in the MD5 checksum design.
If RC4 is preferred over stronger encryption types,
an attacker could exploit MD5 collisions to forge message
integrity codes. This may lead to unauthorized
message tampering.
In order to fix CVE-2025-3576, vulnerable cryptographic
algorithms for tickets need to be disabled explicitly
with the new allow_rc4 or allow_des3 variables.
According to the vulnerability report Kerberos?? RC4-HMAC broken
in practice: spoofing PACs with MD5 collisions, disabling
this cryptographic algorithm may break some older
authentication systems, and administrators should test carefully.
Because of the risk of breaking certain configurations, the
new allow_rc4 or allow_des3 are being treated as having a
default value of 'true' for updates to older Debian releases.
This leaves the 3DES and RC4 algorithms enabled, but administrators
are strongly encouraged to disable them after verifying
compatibility in their environments.
For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version
1.18.3-6+deb11u7.
We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.
For the detailed security status of krb5 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/krb5
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkadm5srv-mit12");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkrad0");
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(11)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 11.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
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{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-doc', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-gss-samples', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-k5tls', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-kdc', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-kdc-ldap', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-kpropd', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-locales', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-multidev', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-otp', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-pkinit', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'krb5-user', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libgssapi-krb5-2', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libgssrpc4', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libk5crypto3', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkadm5clnt-mit12', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkadm5srv-mit12', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkdb5-10', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkrad-dev', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkrad0', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkrb5-3', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkrb5-dbg', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkrb5-dev', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libkrb5support0', 'reference': '1.18.3-6+deb11u7'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var _release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (_release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
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}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'krb5-admin-server / krb5-doc / krb5-gss-samples / krb5-k5tls / etc');
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