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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0043
Integer Overflow Security Vulnerability in AES and RC4 Decryption in the
Solaris Kerberos Crypto Library May Lead to Execution of
Arbitrary Code or a Denial of Service (DoS)
14 January 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Solaris Kerberos Crypto Library
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris 10
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Mitigation
CVE Names: CVE-2009-4212
Reference: ESB-2010.0022
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-275530-1
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Article ID : 275530
Article Type : Sun Alert
Last reviewed : 2010-01-12
Audience : PUBLIC
Keywords :
Copyright Notice: Copyright © 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights
Reserved
Integer Overflow Security Vulnerability in AES and RC4 Decryption in
the Solaris Kerberos Crypto Library May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary
Code or a Denial of Service (DoS)
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Category : Security
Release Phase : Workaround
Bug Id : 6908114
Product : Solaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris
Date of Workaround Release : 12-Jan-2010
An integer overflow security vulnerability in the Solaris Kerberos Crypto
Library May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code or a Denial of Service (DoS)
1. Impact
An integer overflow security vulnerability in the Solaris Kerberos (see
kerberos(5)) crypto library may allow an unprivileged local or remote user to
cause one of the Kerberos daemons to crash, or, under extraordinarily unlikely
conditions, execute arbitrary code wth elevated privileges by inducing the
decryption of an invalid AES or RC4 ciphertext. If a master or slave Key
Distribution Center (KDC) is compromised then all services relying on that
KDC for authentication may be compromised as well.
This issue is also referenced in:
MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2009-004
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-004.txt
CVE-2009-4212
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4212
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 or later
Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue.
Note 2: This issue only affects systems configured to use Kerberos. To
determine if a system is configured to use Kerberos, the following
command may be run:
$ test -f /etc/krb5/krb5.conf && grep default_realm /etc/krb5/krb5.conf \
|| echo "System is not configured to use Kerberos."
If there is no krb5.conf(4) Kerberos configuration file or if the output of
the above command is as follows:
default_realm = ___default_realm___
then the system is not configured to use Kerberos.
Note 3: OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes bove and
beyond he build from which it was derived. The base build can be derived as
follows:
$ uname -v
snv_101
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described ssue
has been exploited to execute arbitrary code or heap corruption. If the
described issue has been exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) the
symptoms will depend on which Kerberos component has been impacted.
4. Workaround
Interim Security Relief (ISR) is available from
http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches for the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 IDR143817-01
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 IDR143818-01
Note: This document refers to one or more Interim Security Relief (ISRs)
which are designed to address the concerns identified herein. Sun has
limited experience with these (ISRs) due to their interim nature. As
such, you should only install the ISRs on systems meeting the
configurations described above. Sun may release full patches at a later
date, however, Sun is under no obligation whatsoever to create, release,
or distribute any such patch.
5. Resolution
A final resolution is pending completion.
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