Sun Solaris Missing KRB5.CONF Unauthorized Login Vulnerability

BID:13746

Info

Sun Solaris Missing KRB5.CONF Unauthorized Login Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13746
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 23 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was announced by Sun.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris Missing KRB5.CONF Unauthorized Login Vulnerability

Sun Solaris is prone to a vulnerability that may let unauthorized users log in to the computer. In particular, if the 'krb5.conf' file is missing, unauthorized users can log in to the computer.

Sun has described this issue as "4435001 Missing krb5.conf file can allow anyone to log in".

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Missing KRB5.CONF Unauthorized Login Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris Missing KRB5.CONF Unauthorized Login Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released patches to address this issue.


Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

References

Sun Solaris Missing KRB5.CONF Unauthorized Login Vulnerability

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