SB2022101343 - Ubuntu update for heimdal
Published: October 13, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16860)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to compromise vulnerable domain.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the process of obtaining kerberos ticket for a service from the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) that involves S4U2Self and S4U2Proxy extensions. A remote authenticated user can impersonate another service on the network and obtain elevated privileges within the domain.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable Active Directory implementation.
2) Key management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12098)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to Heimdal fails to verify anonymous PKINIT PA-PKINIT-KX key exchange within the krb5_init_creds_step() function in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack against the Heimdal client.
3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3671)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the way samba kerberos server handles missing sname attribute in TGS-REQ (Ticket Granting Server - Request). A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to the samba server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3116)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in lib/gssapi/spnego/accept_sec_context.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.