Multiple Kerberos Implementations Authentication Context Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of MIT Kerberos. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists in the svcauth_gss_validate() function. By sending a large authentication context over RPC, a stack based buffer overflow occurs, resulting in a situation allowing for remote code execution.
The vulnerable line of the function is:
memcpy((caddr_t)buf, oa->oa_base, oa->oa_length);
If 128 < oa->oa_length < 400, the exploitable situation occurs. Over 400 bytes is caught during a separate check for MAX_AUTH_SIZE earlier in the RPC packet decoding process.
Additional Details
MIT has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txt
Disclosure Timeline
- 2007-07-20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2007-09-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
Tenable Network Security
