CVE-2012-1012

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-02-21
Bugzilla:
796438: CVE-2012-1012 krb5: flaw in access control handling for strings in kadmin

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

server/server_stubs.c in the kadmin protocol implementation in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10 before 1.10.1 does not properly restrict access to (1) SET_STRING and (2) GET_STRINGS operations, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to modify or read string attributes by leveraging the global list privilege.

Find out more about CVE-2012-1012 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of krb5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 krb5 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 krb5 Not affected

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