Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-624)
🗓️ 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-624.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120614");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-5355", "CVE-2015-2694");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-15 00:51:26 +0000 (Tue, 15 Dec 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-624)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2015-624");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-624.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-624 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A flaw was found in the OTP kdcpreauth module of MIT Kerberos. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass the requires_preauth flag on a client principal and obtain a ciphertext encrypted in the principal's long-term key. This ciphertext could be used to conduct an off-line dictionary attack against the user's password.
It was found that the krb5_read_message() function of MIT Kerberos did not correctly sanitize input, and could create invalid krb5_data objects. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash a Kerberos child process via a specially crafted request.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'krb5' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5", rpm:"krb5~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-debuginfo", rpm:"krb5-debuginfo~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-devel", rpm:"krb5-devel~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-libs", rpm:"krb5-libs~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-pkinit-openssl", rpm:"krb5-pkinit-openssl~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-server", rpm:"krb5-server~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-server-ldap", rpm:"krb5-server-ldap~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"krb5-workstation", rpm:"krb5-workstation~1.13.2~10.39.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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23 Jan 2025 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 25.8
EPSS0.04587