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MiracleLinux 3 : krb5-1.6.1-70.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-256:02)

🗓️ 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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MiracleLinux 3 updates Kerberos V5 to fix authentication flaws, memory issues, and replay handling.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2012-256:02.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(284316);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1526");

  script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 3 : krb5-1.6.1-70.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-256:02)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
AXSA:2012-256:02 advisory.

    Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system, which can improve your network's
    security by eliminating the insecure practice of cleartext passwords.
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2011-1526
    ftpd.c in the GSS-API FTP daemon in MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.1 and earlier
    does not check the krb5_setegid return value, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended
    group access restrictions, and create, overwrite, delete, or read files, via standard FTP commands,
    related to missing autoconf tests in a configure script.
    Fixed bugs:
     A mistake in the Kerberos libraries could make a client fail to contact a Key Distribution Center or
    crash if the client already had more than 1024 file descriptors in use. This has been fixed: the Kerberos
    librairies now use the poll() function instead of the select() function which created those problems.
     If a client request included an authenticator with a subkey, the KDC failed to release memory when
    processing a ticket-granting server request and consumed an excessive amount of memory. This has been
    fixed.
     Sometimes, services requiring Kerberos authentication sent two authentication requests to the server. The
    second one could be flagged as a replay attack and then denied. This has been fixed.
     When Kerberos credentials had expired, the klist command could sometimes crash with a segmentation fault
    if invoked with the -s option. This has been fixed.
     Multi-line FTP macros could terminate prematurely with a segmentation fault because of a regression. This
    has been fixed.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/2748");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2011-1526");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/07/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-workstation");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MiracleLinux/release", "Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 3.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '3',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'krb5-devel-1.6.1-70.AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'krb5-libs-1.6.1-70.AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'krb5-server-1.6.1-70.AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'krb5-workstation-1.6.1-70.AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}
if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'krb5-devel / krb5-libs / krb5-server / krb5-workstation');
}

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14 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 26.5
EPSS0.00323
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